Medical officers’ awareness, involvement and training in dysphagia management

Awareness, involvement and training in dysphagia management are essential to ensure that patients are appropriately assessed for dysphagia and provided with intervention. The study aimed to identify levels of awareness, involvement and training of medical officers in dysphagia management. A total of...

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Main Authors:	Yong, Deborah Xinyi, Affizal Ahmad, Malarvini Vesualingam
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2018
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11494/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11494/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11494/1/14483-69326-1-PB.pdf

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spelling	ukm-114942018-04-02T02:52:32Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11494/ Medical officers’ awareness, involvement and training in dysphagia management Yong, Deborah Xinyi Affizal Ahmad, Malarvini Vesualingam, Awareness, involvement and training in dysphagia management are essential to ensure that patients are appropriately assessed for dysphagia and provided with intervention. The study aimed to identify levels of awareness, involvement and training 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 the study. Levels of awareness, involvement and training of medical officers in dysphagia management were reported using descriptive 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 having had seldom or never referred patients. The results provide valuable information for addressing dysphagia management in the hospital. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2018 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11494/1/14483-69326-1-PB.pdf Yong, Deborah Xinyi and Affizal Ahmad, and Malarvini Vesualingam, (2018) Medical officers’ awareness, involvement and training in dysphagia management. Jurnal Sains Kesihatan Malaysia, 16 (1). pp. 7-16. ISSN 1675-8161 http://ejournal.ukm.my/jskm/issue/view/684
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description	Awareness, involvement and training in dysphagia management are essential to ensure that patients are appropriately assessed for dysphagia and provided with intervention. The study aimed to identify levels of awareness, involvement and training 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 the study. Levels of awareness, involvement and training of medical officers in dysphagia management were reported using descriptive 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 having had seldom or never referred patients. The results provide valuable information for addressing dysphagia management in the hospital.
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author	Yong, Deborah Xinyi Affizal Ahmad, Malarvini Vesualingam,
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author_facet	Yong, Deborah Xinyi Affizal Ahmad, Malarvini Vesualingam,
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title	Medical officers’ awareness, involvement and training in dysphagia management
title_short	Medical officers’ awareness, involvement and training in dysphagia management
title_full	Medical officers’ awareness, involvement and training in dysphagia management
title_fullStr	Medical officers’ awareness, involvement and training in dysphagia management
title_full_unstemmed	Medical officers’ awareness, involvement and training in dysphagia management
title_sort	medical officers’ awareness, involvement and training in dysphagia management
publisher	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2018
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Medical officers’ awareness, involvement and training in dysphagia management

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