Dysphagia Screening in Nursing Homes Study:1
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Dysphagia Screening in Nursing Homes: Validation of a novel screening tool
IRAS ID
238191
Contact name
P Heaney
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
238191 ,
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 11 months, 31 days
Research summary
Introduction: A problem swallowing (dysphagia) is relatively common in older people, and a major source of referrals to Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) services. Such problems can be very distressing and become more common with common age-related conditions, such as stroke and Parkinson’s disease. Unsurprisingly, such problems are particularly common in care home residents, resulting in high numbers of referrals, and in many cases attendances at emergency departments. However, data suggest that many problems could be dealt with by care home staff without the need for specialist input.
Aims: The aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a new dysphagia screening tool designed for use in nursing homes by staff. Our theory is that the tool can efficiently identify those who do not need referrals to specialist SLT services and those who do. In the long term we envisage that the tool can and improve outcome both for those with low level dysphagia and those with more severe problems.REC name
North East - Newcastle & North Tyneside 1 Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
18/NE/0105
Date of REC Opinion
7 Aug 2018
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion