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Nachalon Y, Broer M, Nativ-Zeltzer N. Using ChatGPT to Generate Research Ideas in Dysphagia: A Pilot Study. Dysphagia 2024; 39:407-411. [PMID: 37907728 DOI: 10.1007/s00455-023-10623-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2023] [Accepted: 09/20/2023] [Indexed: 11/02/2023]
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Current research in dysphagia faces challenges due to the rapid growth of scientific literature and the interdisciplinary nature of the field. To address this, the study evaluates ChatGPT, an AI language model, as a supplementary resource to assist clinicians and researchers in generating research ideas for dysphagia, utilizing recent advancements in natural language processing and machine learning. The research ideas were generated through ChatGPT's command to explore diverse aspects of dysphagia. A web-based survey was conducted, 45 dysphagia experts were asked to rank each study on a scale of 1 to 5 according to feasibility, novelty, clinical implications, and relevance to current practice. A total of 26 experts (58%) completed the survey. The mean (± sd) rankings of research ideas were 4.03 (± 0.17) for feasibility, 3.5 (± 0.17) for potential impact on the field, 3.84 (± 0.12) for clinical relevance, and 3.08 (± 0.36) for novelty and innovation. Results of this study suggest that ChatGPT offers a promising approach to generating research ideas in dysphagia. While its current capability to generate innovative ideas appears limited, it can serve as a supplementary resource for researchers.
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- Yuval Nachalon
- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery and Maxillofacial Surgery, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, 6 Weizman Street, 6423906, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
- Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
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- Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Georgiou R, Papaleontiou A, Voniati L, Siafaka V, Ziavra N, Tafiadis D. Validation and cultural adaptation of a Greek Version of Pediatric Eating Assessment Tool 10 (PEDI - EAT - 10) in Greek-Cypriot Parents. Disabil Rehabil 2024:1-8. [PMID: 38488276 DOI: 10.1080/09638288.2024.2328349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2023] [Accepted: 03/02/2024] [Indexed: 03/20/2024]
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PURPOSE The Pediatric Eating Assessment Tool (PEDI-EAT-10) is a parents/caregivers screening tool that assesses pediatric patients at risk of penetration and/or aspiration symptoms. The aim of this study was the validation of PEDI-EAT-10 in the Greek language. MATERIALS AND METHODS This cross-sectional study included 222 parents/caregivers of children with (n = 122) and without (n = 100) feeding and/or swallowing disorders, with age range 3 - 12 years. The children were selected from Cypriot schools and health settings. All parents filled out the PEDI-EAΤ-10 questionnaire and after its initial completion, it was re-administered after 2 weeks. RESULTS A statistically significant difference was observed in the PEDI-EAT-10 total mean scores between the study's two groups [t (220) = 9.886, p < 0.001]. Internal consistency was high (Cronbach's alpha= 0.801) with very good split-half reliability equal to 0.789. A significant and strong test-retest reliability was computed (r = 0.998, p < 0.001). The PEDI-EAT-10 cutoff point was 11.00 (AUC: 0.869, p < 0.001) for children with feeding and/or swallowing disorders in accordance with the PAS scale. CONCLUSIONS In conclusion, the Greek version of PEDI-EAT-10 is shown to be a valid and reliable screening tool for the assessment of the pediatric population with a risk of dysphagia.
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- Rafaella Georgiou
- Department of Speech & Language Therapy, School of Health Sciences, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
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- Department of Speech & Language Therapy, School of Health Sciences, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
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- Department of Health Sciences, Speech and Language Therapy, European University, Nicosia, Cyprus
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- Department of Speech & Language Therapy, School of Health Sciences, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
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- Department of Speech & Language Therapy, School of Health Sciences, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
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- Department of Speech & Language Therapy, School of Health Sciences, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
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Faraday J, Abley C, Patterson JM, Exley C. An ethnography of mealtime care for people living with dementia in care homes. DEMENTIA 2024:14713012241234160. [PMID: 38380645 DOI: 10.1177/14713012241234160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/22/2024]
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Many people living with dementia have difficulties at mealtimes, which can result in serious complications for physical and mental health, leading to hospital admissions and even death. However, current training in mealtime care for staff working with this population has been found to be poorly reported, with variable effectiveness. It is essential that care home staff are able to provide good care at mealtimes. This study used ethnography to explore current practice in mealtime care for this population, identify good practice, and understand the factors influencing mealtime care. Approximately 28 h of mealtime observations were conducted in two UK care homes with diverse characteristics. Observations focused on interactions between care staff and residents living with dementia. Twenty-five semi-structured interviews were carried out with care home staff, family carers, and visiting health and social care professionals, to explore mealtime care from their perspectives. A constant comparative approach was taken, to probe emergent findings and explore topics in greater depth. Key thematic categories were identified, including: tensions in mealtime care; the symbolic nature of mealtime care; navigating tensions via a person-centred approach; contextual constraints on mealtime care; and teamwork in mealtime care. The findings indicated that a person-centred approach helps carers to find the right balance between apparently competing priorities, and teamwork is instrumental in overcoming contextual constraints. This evidence has contributed to development of a training intervention for care home staff. Future research should investigate the feasibility of mealtime care training in care homes.
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- James Faraday
- Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, UK
- Adult Speech and Language Therapy, The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK
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- Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, UK
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Griffin H, Wilson J, Tingle A, Görzig A, Harrison K, Harding C, Aujla S, Barley E, Loveday H. Supporting safe swallowing of care home residents with dysphagia: How does the care delivered compare with guidance from speech and language therapists? INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE & COMMUNICATION DISORDERS 2024. [PMID: 38259230 DOI: 10.1111/1460-6984.13015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2023] [Accepted: 01/08/2024] [Indexed: 01/24/2024]
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INTRODUCTION Dysphagia affects up to 70% of care home residents, increasing morbidity and hospital admissions. Speech and language therapists make recommendations to support safe nutrition but have limited capacity to offer ongoing guidance. This study aimed to understand if recommendations made to support safe and effective care are implemented and how these relate to the actual care delivered. METHODS Eleven mealtimes with residents with dysphagia were observed during 2020 using a tool capturing 12 elements of expected practice. Staff actions during mealtimes were compared with adherence to residents' care plans and speech and language therapist recommendations. RESULTS Written recommendations predominantly focused on food and fluid modification. Observations (n = 66) revealed food texture, posture, and alertness were adhered to on 90% of occasions, but alternating food and drink, prompting and ensuring swallow completed adherence was less than 60%. Thickened fluids frequently did not align with required International Dysphagia Diet Standardisation Initiative levels. Nutrition care provided in the dining room was less safe due to a lack of designated supervision. CONCLUSION Care homes need to be supported to establish a safe swallowing culture to improve residents' safety and care experience. WHAT THIS PAPER ADDS What is already known on this subject? Dysphagia is associated with considerable morbidity and mortality and has been identified as an independent risk factor for mortality in nursing home residents. There is evidence that compensatory swallowing strategies, safe feeding advice and dietary modifications can reduce the risk of aspiration pneumonia. Care for nursing home residents at mealtimes is often task-centred and delegated to those with limited training and who lack knowledge of useful strategies to support the nutrition and hydration needs of residents with dysphagia. What this study adds? Written advice from speech and language therapists on safe nutrition and hydration for residents with dysphagia is focused mainly on food and fluid modification. Nurses and healthcare assistants have limited understanding of International Dysphagia Diet Standardisation Initiative levels or safe swallowing strategies and recommended practices to support safe nutrition care for residents with dysphagia are inconsistently applied especially when residents are eating in dining areas. Care homes are not aware of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists guidance on how safe nutrition care of residents with dysphagia should be supported. What are the clinical implications of this work? Care homes need to prioritise a safe swallowing culture that ensures that residents with swallowing difficulties are assisted to eat and drink in a way that enhances their mealtime experience and minimises adverse events that may result in hospital admission. Speech and language therapists could play an important role in training and supporting care home staff to understand and use safe swallowing strategies with residents with dysphagia. The Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists could provide more assistance to care homes to support and guide them in how to implement safe feeding routines. Care home staff have limited knowledge about how to implement safe feeding routines and need more guidance from speech and language specialists on how they can support residents with dysphagia to eat safely. Creating a safe swallowing culture within care homes could help to improve nutrition care and enhance patient safety.
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- Hannah Griffin
- Richard Wells Research Centre, University of West London, London, UK
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- Richard Wells Research Centre, University of West London, London, UK
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- Richard Wells Research Centre, University of West London, London, UK
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- School of Human Science, University of Greenwich, London, UK
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- School of Health Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
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- School of Health & Psychological Sciences, City University London, London, UK
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- Richard Wells Research Centre, University of West London, London, UK
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Smith C, Bhattacharya D, Scott S. Understanding how primary care practitioners can be supported to recognise, screen and initially diagnose oropharyngeal dysphagia: protocol for a behavioural science realist review. BMJ Open 2023; 13:e065121. [PMID: 36806074 PMCID: PMC9944651 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-065121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/19/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION Oropharyngeal dysphagia (OD) affects around 15% of older people; however, it is often unrecognised and underdiagnosed until patients are hospitalised. Screening is an important process which aims to facilitate proactive assessment, diagnosis and management of health conditions. Healthcare systems do not routinely screen for OD in older people, and healthcare professionals (HCPs) are largely unaware of the need to screen. This realist review aims to identify relevant literature and develop programme theories to understand what works, for whom, under what circumstances and how, to facilitate primary care HCPs to recognise, screen and initially diagnose OD. METHODS AND ANALYSIS We will follow five steps for undertaking a realist review: (1) clarify the scope, (2) literature search, (3) appraise and extract data, (4) evidence synthesis and (5) evaluation. Initial programme theories (IPTs) will be constructed after the preliminary literature search, informed by the Theoretical Domains Framework and with input from a stakeholder group. We will search Medline, Google Scholar, PubMed, EMBASE, CINAHL, AMED, Scopus and PsycINFO databases. We will obtain additional evidence through grey literature, snowball sampling, lateral searching and consulting the stakeholder group. Literature will be screened, evaluated and synthesised in Covidence. Evidence will be assessed for quality by evaluating its relevance and rigour. Data will be extracted and synthesised according to their relation to IPTs. We will follow the Realist and Meta-narrative Evidence Syntheses: Evolving Standards quality and publication standards to report study results. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION Formal ethical approval is not required for this review. We will disseminate this research through publication in a peer-reviewed journal, written pieces targeted to diverse groups of HCPs on selected online platforms and public engagement events. PROSPERO REGISTRATION NUMBER CRD42022320327.
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- Caroline Smith
- School of Healthcare, University of Leicester, College of Life Sciences, Leicester, Leicestershire, UK
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- School of Healthcare, University of Leicester, College of Life Sciences, Leicester, Leicestershire, UK
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- School of Healthcare, University of Leicester, College of Life Sciences, Leicester, Leicestershire, UK
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Dell'Aquila G, Peladic NJ, Nunziata V, Fedecostante M, Salvi F, Carrieri B, Liperoti R, Carfì A, Eusebi P, Onder G, Orlandoni P, Cherubini A. Prevalence and management of dysphagia in nursing home residents in Europe and Israel: the SHELTER Project. BMC Geriatr 2022; 22:719. [PMID: 36042405 PMCID: PMC9429699 DOI: 10.1186/s12877-022-03402-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2022] [Accepted: 06/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Background Dysphagia is a frequent condition in older nursing home residents (NHRs) which may cause malnutrition and death. Nevertheless, its prevalence is still underestimated and there is still debate about the appropriateness and efficacy of artificial nutrition (AN) in subjects with severe dysphagia. The aim is to assess the prevalence of dysphagia in European and Israeli NHRs, its association with mortality, and the relationship of different nutritional interventions, i.e. texture modified diets and AN—with weight loss and mortality. Methods A prospective observational study of 3451 European and Israeli NHRs older than 65 years, participating in the SHELTER study from 2009 to 2011, at baseline and after 12 months. All residents underwent a standardized comprehensive evaluation using the interRAI Long Term Care Facility (LTCF). Cognitive status was assessed using the Cognitive Performance Scale (CPS), functional status using Activities of Daily Living (ADL) Hierarchy scale. Trained staff assessed dysphagia at baseline by clinical observation. Data on weight loss were collected for all participants at baseline and after 12 months. Deaths were registered by NH staff. Results The prevalence of dysphagia was 30.3%. During the one-year follow-up, the mortality rate in subjects with dysphagia was significantly higher compared with that of non-dysphagic subjects (31.3% vs 17.0%,p = 0,001). The multivariate analysis showed that NHRs with dysphagia had 58.0% higher risk of death within 1 year compared with non-dysphagic subjects (OR 1.58, 95% CI, 1.31–1.91). The majority of NHRs with dysphagia were prescribed texture modified diets (90.6%), while AN was used in less than 10% of subjects. No statistically significant difference was found concerning weight loss and mortality after 12 months following the two different nutritional treatments. Conclusions Dysphagia is prevalent among NHRs and it is associated with increased mortality, independent of the nutritional intervention used. Noticeably, after 12 months of nutritional intervention, NHRs treated with AN had similar mortality and weight loss compared to those who were treated with texture modified diets, despite the clinical conditions of patients on AN were more compromised.
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- Giuseppina Dell'Aquila
- Geriatria, Accettazione geriatrica e Centro Di Ricerca Per L'invecchiamento, IRCCS INRCA, Via della Montagnola 81, 60127, Ancona, Italy
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- Clinical Nutrition Unit, IRCCS INRCA Ancona, Via della Montagnola 81, 60127, Ancona, Italy
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- Geriatria, Accettazione geriatrica e Centro Di Ricerca Per L'invecchiamento, IRCCS INRCA, Via della Montagnola 81, 60127, Ancona, Italy. .,Geriatrics and Geriatric Emergency Care, Italian National Research Center On Aging (IRCCS-INRCA), Via della Montagnola, 81, 60127, Ancona, Italy.
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- Geriatria, Accettazione geriatrica e Centro Di Ricerca Per L'invecchiamento, IRCCS INRCA, Via della Montagnola 81, 60127, Ancona, Italy
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- Geriatria, Accettazione geriatrica e Centro Di Ricerca Per L'invecchiamento, IRCCS INRCA, Via della Montagnola 81, 60127, Ancona, Italy. .,Geriatrics and Geriatric Emergency Care, Italian National Research Center On Aging (IRCCS-INRCA), Via della Montagnola, 81, 60127, Ancona, Italy.
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- Geriatria, Accettazione geriatrica e Centro Di Ricerca Per L'invecchiamento, IRCCS INRCA, Via della Montagnola 81, 60127, Ancona, Italy
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- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS and Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS and Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Geriatria, Accettazione geriatrica e Centro Di Ricerca Per L'invecchiamento, IRCCS INRCA, Via della Montagnola 81, 60127, Ancona, Italy
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- Department of Cardiovascular, Endocrine-Metabolic Diseases and Aging, Istituto Superiore Di Sanità, Via Giano della Bella 34, 00161, Rome, Italy
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- Clinical Nutrition Unit, IRCCS INRCA Ancona, Via della Montagnola 81, 60127, Ancona, Italy
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- Geriatria, Accettazione geriatrica e Centro Di Ricerca Per L'invecchiamento, IRCCS INRCA, Via della Montagnola 81, 60127, Ancona, Italy
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