Evaluation of Dysphagia and Malnutrition in Older Patients with Stroke

Year 2025, Volume: 9 Issue: 2, 267 - 277, 31.05.2025

Döndü Gül Fatma Özkan Tuncay

https://doi.org/10.30621/jbachs.1464454

Abstract

Evaluation of Dysphagia and Malnutrition in Older Patients with Stroke

Abstract

Purpose: The study was aimed at investigating the dysphagia and malnutrition status in individuals with stroke and determining the relationship between the variables.
Material and Methods: The sample of this descriptive and analytical study consisted of 180 individuals with stroke who met the inclusion criteria, and who were treated in the neurology inpatient clinic of a state hospital. Data were collected using the Descriptive Information Form, Eating Assessment Tool-10, Bedside Water Swallowing Assessment Test, Mini Nutritional Assessment Form and Modifiye Barthel Index.
Results: The mean age of the participants was 74.40±6.87 years. According to the results of the Eating Assessment Tool-10 and Bedside Water Swallowing Assessment Test, approximately 73% of them experienced dysphagia. The mean score the participants obtained from the Mini Nutritional Assessment Form was 15.41±5.01 and 64.4% of them were diagnosed with malnutrition. There was a very high level negative relationship between the scores the participants obtained from the Mini Nutritional Assessment Form, and the scores they obtained from the Eating Assessment Tool-10 (r=-0.806, p<0.001) and Bedside Water Swallowing Assessment Test (r=-0.815, p<0.001).
Conclusion: In the study, the swallowing and feeding behaviors of the participants who had a stroke were negatively affected.

Keywords

Stroke , older adult , dysphagia , malnutrition , nursing

Ethical Statement

This study was approved by Sivas Cumhuriyet University, Non-invasive Clinical Research Ethics Committee (Approval date: 18.01.23; Number:2023-01/39).

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