https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/203945
標題: | Prevalence of Impaired Swallowing in Institutionalized Older People in Taiwan | 作者: | LIN, LI-CHAN WU, SHIAO-CHI CHEN, HWA SHEN WANG, TYNG-GUEY CHEN, MIAO-YEN |
關鍵字: | long-term care facilities;impaired swallowing;older;prevalence | 公開日期: | 2002 | 卷: | v.50 | 期: | n.6 | 起(迄)頁: | 1118-1123 | 來源出版物: | JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY | 摘要: | OBJECTIVES: To investigate the prevalence of impaired swallowing in residents at long-term care facilities (LTCFs) in Taiwan. DESIGN: A chart review, a structured questionnaire completed at interview, a neurological examination, and a timed swallowing test were used to assess impairment and to gather demographic data. SETTING: Nine skilled nursing facilities and nine intermediate-care facilities in metropolitan Taipei. PARTICIPANTS : One thousand two hundred twenty-one conscious and unconscious residents with a mean age of 77.07. MEASUREMENTS: Impaired swallowing was defined when a subject met two or more of the following criteria: self-report of swallowing difficulty, a score of 2 or more derived from a swallowing questionnaire combined with a neurological examination investigating symptoms and signs of impairment, and coughing/choking during a timed swallowing test or a measured swallowing rate (volume swallowed per second ) below the 10th percentile as derived from a gender-based study of an older community in Taipei. RESULTS: Of the 1,221 subjects, 356 (29.2%) were fed by tube. The prevalence rates for impaired swallowing as estimated were 97.5% and 31.9% for tube-fed and non-tube-fed subjects respectively, whereas the overall prevalence for tube-fed and non-tube-fed subjects altogether was 51.0%. CONCLUSIONS: The findings may serve to increase awareness of this problem among healthcare professionals in LTCFs . Further research is contemplated to investigate whether early identification makes a difference in treatment choices and outcomes. |
URI: | http://ntur.lib.ntu.edu.tw//handle/246246/99393 |
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