Validation of the Sydney Swallow Questionnaire (SSQ) in a cohort of head and neck cancer patients

Dwivedi, Raghav C.; Rose, S. St.; Roe, Justin; Khan, Asifullah; Pepper, Chris; Nutting, Christopher M.; Clarke, Peter; Kerawala, Cyrus; Rhys‐Evans, Peter; Harrington, Kevin; Kazi, Rehan

doi:10.1016/j.oraloncology.2010.02.004

Cited by 109 publications

(91 citation statements)

References 18 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…By reading and analyzing the articles on screening devices, we observed the procedures used in each of them. Some studies (23)(24)(25)27,31,(33)(34)(35)(36)(37)(38) used questionnaires that contained items that should be answered by the subjects themselves in affirmative or negative, or marking on intensity scales; others (21,28,29) used instruments with items in which the examiner observed the patient's clinical signs and symptoms and/or asked the patient to perform some movements, and then marked the response on the instrument. Generally, a failure in one of the issues analyzed indicates a risk for swallowing disorders.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The Videofluoroscopy Swallow Study was used in five articles (19,25,29,31,35) ; clinical assessment of swallowing was reported in five (21,22,27,30,37) ; fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES) was reported in three papers (26,32,38) , and clinical evaluation and FEES were reported in one (33) . Another study (28) conducted the follow-up of patients for a specific time-period and included indicators such as consultation with a speech-language pathologist; special type of diet, and clinical symptoms of aspiration pneumonia to verify the presence of dysphagia.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Schrock et al (29) ; Weinhardt et al (39) Multiple sclerosis Bergamaschi et al (23) Duchenne muscular dystrophy Hanayama et al (25) Inclusion body myositis Cox et al (31) Head and neck cancer Govender et al (35) ; Dwivedi et al (37) Parkinson's disease Manor et al (33) Heterogeneous etiologies (neurological disorders, head and neck cancer, esophageal abnormalities, respiratory and heart problems, among others)…”

Section: Underlying Pathologies Articlesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In general, a survey instrument is considered satisfactory if it obtains a ≥0.70 (47) . Of the articles analyzed, six (23,24,34,35,37,38) used Cronbach's a coefficient, with the lowest value being 0.80 (38) and the highest value being 0.96 (24,35) . Despite the variation between values, all instruments can be considered satisfactory for the purpose of identifying patients with dysphagia.…”

Section: Underlying Pathologies Articlesmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 3 more Smart Citations

Screening tools for dysphagia: a systematic review

Etges

Scheeren

Gomes

et al. 2014

CoDAS

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Purpose: To perform a systematic review of screening instruments for dysphagia available in the literature. Methods:For the selection of studies, the following descriptors were used: "questionários", "questionnaires", "transtornos de deglutição", "deglutition disorders", "programas de rastreamento", and "mass screening".The online databases used for the research were Virtual Health Library (LILACS, IBECS, MEDLINE, Cochrane Library, SciELO) and PubMed. The research was performed from April to June 2013. Selection criteria articles in English, Portuguese, and Spanish, regardless of the year of publication, whose title, abstract, or text had any relation to the purpose of the research. After reading the articles in their entirety, identification data and method of the articles were extracted for later analysis. Results: The research carried out from the proposed descriptors produced 1,012 articles. After reviewing the titles, summaries, and fully reading the articles, 20 studies were chosen. The publications on instruments for the identification of dysphagic patients started in 1999, and 50% of the analyzed studies were carried out in the USA. The methods used on the instruments were questionnaires, observation of patient's clinical signals and symptoms, the request for execution of some orofacial movements, and swallowing test with water or food. Conclusion: Screening instruments in dysphagia are fairly heterogeneous and have been developed for different audiences with the main objective of identifying patients with swallowing disorders. RESUMOObjetivo: Realizar a revisão sistemática dos instrumentos de rastreio em disfagia disponíveis na literatura. Estratégia de pesquisa:Para a seleção dos estudos, foram utilizados os seguintes descritores: "questionários", "questionnaires", "transtornos de deglutição", "deglutition disorders", "programas de rastreamento" e "mass screening" e foram utilizadas as bases de dados: Biblioteca Virtual em Saúde (LILACS, IBECS, MEDLINE, Biblioteca Cochrane, SciELO) e PubMed. A busca foi realizada no período entre abril e junho de 2013. Critérios de seleção:Foram selecionados artigos em Inglês, Português e Espanhol, independentemente do ano de publicação, que possuíam no título, resumo ou corpo do artigo relação com o objetivo da pesquisa. Análise dos dados: Após a leitura dos artigos na íntegra, foram extraídos dados de identificação e métodos dos artigos para posterior análise. Resultados: A pesquisa realizada a partir dos descritores propostos, nas bases de dados utilizadas, gerou o total de 1.012 artigos. Após a análise dos títulos, resumos e leitura dos artigos na íntegra, foram selecionados 20 estudos. As publicações sobre instrumentos para identificação de pacientes disfágicos iniciaram em 1999 e 50% dos artigos analisados foram desenvolvidos nos Estados Unidos. Os métodos empregados nos instrumentos foram: questionários, a observação de sinais e sintomas clínicos do paciente, a solicitação da execução de alguns movimentos orofaciais, teste de deglutição com água ou alime...

show abstract

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Underlying Pathologies Articlesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Underlying Pathologies Articlesmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 2 more Smart Citations

Screening tools for dysphagia: a systematic review

Etges

Scheeren

Gomes

et al. 2014

CoDAS

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Dysphagia can lead to a decrease in oral intake, and can result in serious malnutrition. 1 Questionnaires have been developed for the measurement of severity of dysphagia and swallowing [2][3][4] ; however, these questionnaires mostly focus on the functions of pharyngeal constructor muscles. The most commonly used questionnaire that measures the quality of life (QoL) associated with esophageal symptoms is the one developed by the European Organization for the Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC), and is called the 'Quality of Life Questionnaire-Oesophagus18' (QLQ-OES18) and used together with the 'QLQ-Core30' (QLQ-C30).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Validation of the EORTC QLQ-OES18 Questionnaire in Patients Treated with Radiotherapy

Sarı¹,

Yazıcı²,

Yüce³

et al. 2017

UHOD

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Esophagitis is a very common toxicity of radiotherapy (RT). European Organization for the Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC)quality of life questionnaire (QLQ)-OES18 can be used to measure the quality of life (QoL) associated with esophageal symptoms. We aimed to translate and validate this questionnaire in Turkish patients. Patients with head and neck cancer (HNC), lung cancer (LC) or esophageal cancer (EC) were administered the EORTC QLQ-C30 and QLQ-OES18 on the 1st, 15th, and last days of RT and at the 3rd month follow-up. Psychometric properties of reliability, validity, scale structure and responsiveness to change were analyzed.Ninety-seven patients were included in the study. All scores in the QLQ-C30, and all but the reflux scores in the QLQ-OES18 were found to change significantly during and after treatment. All correlations of the QLQ-OES18 scale between the 1st and 15th days, 15th and last days, and all but the trouble with coughing score between the last day and follow-up were significantly different. Correlation levels ranged between 33.5-79.9%, 48.7-87.2%, and 0.6-74.8% at each comparison period, respectively. The reliability was evaluated by Cronbach's alpha at each assessment period, and the result was 0.824, 0.889, 0.898, and 0.824 for treatment start, mid-treatment, treatment end, and 3rd month follow-up, respectively. The Turkish version of QLQ-OES18 is a valid tool which can be used independently from the demographic and clinical characteristics of the patients. It is highly reliable to evaluate health-related QoL in patients with esophageal symptoms that are treated for HNC, LC, or EC.

show abstract

Psychometric evaluation of the Swallowing Outcomes After Laryngectomy (SOAL) patient‐reported outcome measure

et al. 2015

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This is the accepted version of the paper.This version of the publication may differ from the final published version. patient-reported outcome measure in a large group of people with laryngectomy. Permanent repository linkDesign: cross-sectional psychometric study.Participants: Laryngectomy patients (minimum 3-months post-treatment) attending routine hospital followup.Main outcome measure: psychometric evaluation of SOAL.Results: One hundred and ten people participated. Thirteen percent had a laryngectomy, 63% had laryngectomy with radiotherapy, and 24% had laryngectomy with chemoradiation therapy. The SOAL showed good quality of data (minimal missing data and floor effects); good internal consistency (=.91); and adequate test-retest reliability (intra-class correlation coefficient =.73). In terms of validity, it differentiated people by treatment group (F(2,85)=8.02, p=0.001) and diet texture group (t(102)=-7.33, p<0.001). Conclusions:The SOAL demonstrates good validity and has potential for use in research. Further study is required to determine its clinical application.

show abstract

Validation of the Sydney Swallow Questionnaire (SSQ) in a cohort of head and neck cancer patients

Cited by 109 publications

References 18 publications

Screening tools for dysphagia: a systematic review

Screening tools for dysphagia: a systematic review

Validation of the EORTC QLQ-OES18 Questionnaire in Patients Treated with Radiotherapy

Psychometric evaluation of the Swallowing Outcomes After Laryngectomy (SOAL) patient‐reported outcome measure

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About