Medical Officers’ Awareness, Involvement and Training in Dysphagia Management
10.17576/JSKM-2018-1601-02
- Author:
Deborah Yong XINYI
1
;
Affizal AHMAD
;
Malarvini VESUALINGAM
Author Information
1. Specialised Assistive Technology Centre SPD, Peng Nguan Street 168955, Singapore
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Dysphagia;
awareness;
training;
involvement;
speech-language pathologists
- From:Malaysian Journal of Health Sciences
2018;16(1):7-16
- CountryMalaysia
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Awareness, involvement and training in dysphagia management are essential to ensure that patients are appropriatelyassessed for dysphagia and provided with intervention. The study aimed to identify levels of awareness, involvement andtraining of medical officers in dysphagia management. A total of 51 medical officers from the family medicine, medical,otorhinolaryngology, surgery, and neurosurgery departments in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia participated in thestudy. Levels of awareness, involvement and training of medical officers in dysphagia management were reported usingdescriptive analysis. Results indicate that medical officers lacked awareness and training in dysphagia management.Referral rates to speech-language pathologists for dysphagia management were low with 58.4% of medical officers havinghad seldom or never referred patients. The results provide valuable information for addressing dysphagia managementin the hospital.
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