Cross-sectional study on dysphagia evaluation in community-dwelling older adults using the Eating Assessment Tool (EAT) -10, EAT-2, and Water Swallow Test

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BACKGROUND: Dysphagia is a health concern that causes severe complications and affects the life quality of the older population. This study aimed to determine the diagnostic performance of the Eating Assessment Tool (EAT)-2 compared with the EAT-10 and the Water Swallow Test (WST) in screening for dysphagia.

METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 5,090 community-dwelling older adults. Dysphagia was evaluated using both a subjective measure, the 10-item EAT (EAT-10) and an objective measure, the WST. The kappa index in pairs were analyzed. The validity and reliability of EAT-2 were also assessed.

RESULTS: The sensitivity and specificity of the EAT-2 were 96.3 % and 94.8 %, respectively. The kappa index between the EAT-2 and EAT-10 was 0.64, whereas it was 0.11 between the EAT-10 and WST.

CONCLUSIONS: The EAT-2 was a simpler screening tool for dysphagia. Combining the subjective questionnaire (EAT-10 or EAT-2) and the objective test (WST) is recommended.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:54

Enthalten in:

Geriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.) - 54(2023) vom: 12. Nov., Seite 258-263

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhang, Huafang [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Simei [VerfasserIn]
Ye, Chenxi [VerfasserIn]
Li, Sihan [VerfasserIn]
Xue, Wenfeng [VerfasserIn]
Su, Jie [VerfasserIn]
Qiu, Yufeng [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Lancai [VerfasserIn]
Fu, Pingping [VerfasserIn]
Jiang, Haiyan [VerfasserIn]
He, Xiaona [VerfasserIn]
Deng, Shunfeng [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Tao [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Qi [VerfasserIn]
Tang, Mengling [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Kun [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Dysphagia
Eating Assessment Tool
Journal Article
Older adults
Water Swallow Test

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Date Completed 16.12.2023

Date Revised 16.12.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.gerinurse.2023.10.002

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM363899510