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Article

Knowledge and Practice of Health Professionals in the Management of Dysphagia

by
Eduardo Sánchez-Sánchez
1,*,
Ylenia Avellaneda-López
1,
Esperanza García-Marín
1,
Guillermo Ramírez-Vargas
1,
Jara Díaz-Jimenez
2 and
Francisco Javier Ordonez
3
1
Internal Medicine Department, Punta de Europa Hospital, Algeciras, 11207 Cádiz, Spain
2
Faculty of Education Sciences, University of Cádiz, 11519 Puerto Real, Spain
3
Human Anatomy, School of Medicine, University of Cádiz, Plaza Fragela s/n, 11003 Cádiz, Spain
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18(4), 2139; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18042139
Submission received: 5 January 2021 / Revised: 8 February 2021 / Accepted: 17 February 2021 / Published: 22 February 2021
(This article belongs to the Section Health Behavior, Chronic Disease and Health Promotion)
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Abstract

The aim of this study was to determine healthcare providers’ knowledge and practices about dysphagia. A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out based on a self-administered and anonymous questionnaire addressed to healthcare providers in Spain. A total of 396 healthcare providers participated in the study. Of these, 62.3% knew the definition of dysphagia as a swallowing disorder. In addition, up to 39.2% of the participants reported that they did not know whether the EatingAssessmentTool (EAT-10) dysphagia screening test was usedin their own clinical settings. Similarly, up to 49.1% of them did not know the ClinicalExaminationVolume-Viscosity (MECV-V) method. Nearly all participants (98.8%) reported that thickeners must be used forall liquids administered to patients. A higher percentage of respondents based the choice of texture on patient’s tolerance (78.2%) rather than on the MECV-V result (17.3%). In addition,76.4% of the professionals had witnessed a bronchoaspiration; after it, 44.4% (n = 175) of them reported the appearance of pneumonia, and 14.5% (n = 57) the death of the patient (p = 0.005). The participants revealeda moderate/low knowledge ofthe definition, diagnosis, and clinical management of liquid dysphagia, which indicates some room for improvements.
Keywords: bronchoaspiration; dysphagia; MECV-V; pneumonia; health professionals bronchoaspiration; dysphagia; MECV-V; pneumonia; health professionals

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Sánchez-Sánchez, E.; Avellaneda-López, Y.; García-Marín, E.; Ramírez-Vargas, G.; Díaz-Jimenez, J.; Ordonez, F.J. Knowledge and Practice of Health Professionals in the Management of Dysphagia. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 2139. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18042139

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Sánchez-Sánchez E, Avellaneda-López Y, García-Marín E, Ramírez-Vargas G, Díaz-Jimenez J, Ordonez FJ. Knowledge and Practice of Health Professionals in the Management of Dysphagia. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(4):2139. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18042139

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Sánchez-Sánchez, Eduardo, Ylenia Avellaneda-López, Esperanza García-Marín, Guillermo Ramírez-Vargas, Jara Díaz-Jimenez, and Francisco Javier Ordonez. 2021. "Knowledge and Practice of Health Professionals in the Management of Dysphagia" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 4: 2139. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18042139

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Sánchez-Sánchez, E., Avellaneda-López, Y., García-Marín, E., Ramírez-Vargas, G., Díaz-Jimenez, J., & Ordonez, F. J. (2021). Knowledge and Practice of Health Professionals in the Management of Dysphagia. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(4), 2139. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18042139

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