Research progress on dysphagia screening scale for the aged

VernacularTitle:老年患者吞咽障碍筛查量表的研究进展
Author: Lili YU ¹ ; Jing WANG ; Menghe WANG ; Dongyun ZHANG ; Weiwei YANG ; Sai LEI
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1. 湖北医药学院护理学院，十堰　442000；重庆市垫江县中医院护理部　408300
Keywords: Review; Aged; Deglutition disorders; Screening scale
From: Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing 2020;26(6):711-716
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Dysphagia is one of the widespread diseases in the aged which can lead to severe complications, such as aspiration pneumonia, even asphyxia. Therefore, early screening of dysphagia is vital for the aged. This paper reviewed the dysphagia screening scale for the aged at home and abroad so as to provide a reference for clinical workers to select the dysphagia screening scale and a thinking for the development of dysphagia risk assessment tools for the aged in China.