Malaysian Journal of Health Sciences 2018;16(1):7-16
doi:10.17576/JSKM-2018-1601-02
Medical Officers’ Awareness, Involvement and Training in Dysphagia Management
Deborah Yong XINYI 1 ; Affizal AHMAD ; Malarvini VESUALINGAM
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Keywords
Dysphagia; awareness; training; involvement; speech-language pathologists
Country
Malaysia
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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