DysphagiaPub Date : 2025-08-01Epub Date: 2024-10-28DOI: 10.1007/s00455-024-10770-7
Sanghee Yoo, Heather Shaw Bonilha, Ickpyo Hong
{"title":"Association Between Dysphagia and Depressive Symptoms: Propensity Score Matching Approaches.","authors":"Sanghee Yoo, Heather Shaw Bonilha, Ickpyo Hong","doi":"10.1007/s00455-024-10770-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00455-024-10770-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The co-occurrence of depression and dysphagia is obvious to clinicians and has been the focus of several research investigations. Dysphagia not only leads to physical complications but also exerts a negative emotional impact, resulting in a decline in quality of life. The purpose of the study was to investigate the association between dysphagia and depressive symptoms at the population level while accounting for various demographics and health conditions. This study was a cross-sectional design using the 2022 National Health Interview Survey. The study subjects were American adults who completed the survey questionnaires about depressive symptoms, swallowing problems, and health conditions. Regression models and three different propensity score matching approaches were utilized to estimate associations between dysphagia and depressive symptom. Data analyzed in the study showed that among 25,651 U.S. adults, 1,664 (6.48%) reported dysphagia. Among patients with dysphagia, 976 (58.65%) were women, and the average age was 55.48 years. The differences in demographics and health conditions between individuals with and without dysphagia were balanced by three propensity score matching approaches (p >.05). After adjustments using population-weighted multivariable logistic regression, the inverse probability of treatment weighting (IPTW) with both normalized weights, IPTW with stabilized weights, and Greedy algorithms with 1:1 matching method, the risks of having depressive symptom in those with dysphagia were significantly higher than those without dysphagia (odds ratios ranged from 1.763 to 2.402, p <.0001). The study supports that dysphagia and depressive symptoms frequently co-occur in U.S. adults, highlighting the need for comprehensive care that addresses both physical and mental health aspects of swallowing impairments.</p>","PeriodicalId":11508,"journal":{"name":"Dysphagia","volume":" ","pages":"728-736"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142521368","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
DysphagiaPub Date : 2025-08-01Epub Date: 2024-12-19DOI: 10.1007/s00455-024-10793-0
Jia Qiao, Meng Dai, Fang Sun, Zhi-Min Wu, Lian Wang, Qiu-Pin Ye, Yong Dai, Hong-Mei Wen, Zu-Lin Dou
{"title":"The Respiratory-Swallow Coordination may be Related to Aspiration in Infratentorial Stroke Patients.","authors":"Jia Qiao, Meng Dai, Fang Sun, Zhi-Min Wu, Lian Wang, Qiu-Pin Ye, Yong Dai, Hong-Mei Wen, Zu-Lin Dou","doi":"10.1007/s00455-024-10793-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00455-024-10793-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>To investigate the characteristics of respiratory-swallow coordination (RSC) in poststroke dysphagia (PSD) patients following infratentorial stroke (IS) and further explore their association with aspiration. PSD patients after IS and age-matched healthy controls were recruited. Nasal airflow and sound signals were recorded using a nasal cannula-type flow sensor and contact microphone, which were synchronized with videofluoroscopic swallowing studies (VFSS). For healthy controls, only nasal airflow and sound signals recordings were conducted. A 5 ml thickened liquid was utilized during these assessments. The penetration-aspiration scale (PAS) score was determined through VFSS. Various parameters, including swallowing apnoea duration (SAD), swallowing duration (SD), swallowing latency duration (SLD), number of swallows (NS), and RSC patterns, were analysed to assess RSC. A total of 37 patients with PSD following IS-comprising 25 non-aspirators and 12 aspirators-and 31 age-matched healthy controls were included. The PSD patient group exhibited a shorter SAD (p = 0.016), a longer SD (p = 0.000), and fewer NS (p = 0.000) compared to the healthy control group. Among the PSD patients, those who aspirated exhibited a notably shorter SAD (p = 0.018) and longer SD (p = 0.028) compared to non-aspirators. The prevalence of the swallow-inspiration pattern was higher in PSD patients (p = 0.006), particularly among those who aspirated (p = 0.010). Logistic regression analysis and the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) indicated that both SAD (AUC = 0.825, p = 0.002) and SD (AUC = 0.757, p = 0.020) were significant predictors of aspiration. The optimal cut-off values for SAD and SD were determined to be 0.19s and 1.93s, respectively. The RSC characteristics in patients with PSD following IS differed from those observed in healthy controls, particularly among patients who experienced aspiration. In these patients, a shorter SAD and longer SD may contribute to an increased risk of aspiration.</p>","PeriodicalId":11508,"journal":{"name":"Dysphagia","volume":" ","pages":"952-962"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142853211","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
DysphagiaPub Date : 2025-08-01Epub Date: 2024-12-21DOI: 10.1007/s00455-024-10796-x
Marion Girod-Roux, Esther Guiu Hernandez, Karen B Ng, Phoebe R Macrae, Maggie-Lee Huckabee
{"title":"The Influence of Strength and Skill Parameters on the Evolution of Dysphagia Post Stroke: A Prospective Study.","authors":"Marion Girod-Roux, Esther Guiu Hernandez, Karen B Ng, Phoebe R Macrae, Maggie-Lee Huckabee","doi":"10.1007/s00455-024-10796-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00455-024-10796-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The role of pathophysiological deficits in the evolution of dysphagia post-stroke is unclear. This observational, longitudinal study aimed to document the evolution and relationship between strength and precision of submental contraction, and swallowing outcomes at six months. Participants were recruited from a tertiary acute hospital after a first acute stroke. Sociodemographic data and stroke typology were documented. Outcome measures were collected five times across six months. These included: oral diet (FOIS, IDDSI), functional ingestion (TOMASS, TWST), self-reported swallowing-related quality of life (SWAL-QOL), and submental muscle strength and precision contraction as assessed using surface electromyography coupled with biofeedback during saliva swallowing and jaw-opening tasks. Mixed effects models and multiple regressions analyses were conducted. Participants (N = 22, mean age 73.9 ± 14.4 years, 9 males) were recruited at a mean time of 2.8 ± 1.5 days after stroke. Strength parameters (effortful swallow hit rate) improved between ten days and one month post-stroke (p = 0.04). Swallowing temporal precision improved significantly between one and six months (p < 0.01). At six months, participants with decreased swallowing precision also had decreased quality of life (p = 0.04) and increased ingestion time of fluids (p = 0.002). This study is a novel step in exploring the nature and evolution of strength and precision parameters of swallowing muscle activation, and their impact on dysphagia recovery. As swallowing precision was associated with poorer functional outcomes, further studies are warranted to improve early differential diagnosis of patients at risk of chronic dysphagia.</p>","PeriodicalId":11508,"journal":{"name":"Dysphagia","volume":" ","pages":"987-997"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142871725","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
DysphagiaPub Date : 2025-08-01Epub Date: 2024-11-09DOI: 10.1007/s00455-024-10769-0
Ya-Cen Wu, Yan-Qun Luo, Feng Lin, Chun Feng
{"title":"Dysphagia-Specific Instrument Based on Item Response Theory and International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health.","authors":"Ya-Cen Wu, Yan-Qun Luo, Feng Lin, Chun Feng","doi":"10.1007/s00455-024-10769-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00455-024-10769-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study aimed to identify functional challenges faced by individuals with non-esophageal dysphagia and to offer a tool for quantitatively evaluating the person abilities within the framework of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF). Additionally, this study attempted to differentiate the personal abilities of individuals with dysphagia and hierarchize item difficulties using the ICF-based Item Response Theory (IRT) modeling approach. This cross-sectional study enrolled a cohort of 150 patients with dysphagia (105 male and 45 female) from a tertiary hospital in China. Participants were assigned to evaluate the 114-item ICF dysphagia questionnaire. To further assess their swallowing capabilities, eating patterns, quality of life, and nutritional status, participants underwent a battery of five additional scales. The ICF qualifiers underwent data shaping including dichotomization and missing value imputation, Mokken scale analysis (MSA) for checking unidimensionality, local independence, monotonicity, and invariant item ordering (IIO), and parametric IRT modeling for identifying an optimal model from the 1-parametric logistic model (1PLM), 2PLM, 3PLM, and 4PLM. Finally, we tested the robustness of the optimal model via Monte Carlo simulation and illustrated the usefulness of the model by its person-item map. The 1PLM emerged as the optimal model with a total of 50 ICF items (12 'd-Activities and Participation', 33 'b-Body Functions', and 5 'e-environmental' items). The final scale presented strong reliability with Cronbach's Alpha = 0.967. Furthermore, the scale showed good validity with a significant positive correlation (p < 0.001, <math> <msub><mover><mi>r</mi> <mo>^</mo></mover> <mrow><mi>Winsorized</mi></mrow> </msub> </math> = 0.60) between model-estimated person abilities and swallowing-quality of life (SWAL-QoL) scores. The findings also demonstrated measurement equivalence of the final model for individuals with different genders or across various age groups. The utilization of the person-item map can effectively compare the difficulty levels of items with the abilities of patients, thereby facilitating the delivery of tailored care and precise rehabilitation strategies that match the individual competency of those suffering from dysphagia. This study developed a parsimonious dysphagia-specific ICF outcomes tool derived from the IRT, named iSWAL-Performance Scale. The findings complement quantitative information on the psychometric characteristics of this 50-item scale.</p>","PeriodicalId":11508,"journal":{"name":"Dysphagia","volume":" ","pages":"711-727"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142616746","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
DysphagiaPub Date : 2025-08-01Epub Date: 2024-12-04DOI: 10.1007/s00455-024-10792-1
Koy Min Chue, Joel Ryan Jia Hao Lim, Lester Wei Lin Ong, Bin Chet Toh, Yi Kang Ng, Jeremy Tian Hui Tan, Chin Hong Lim, Wai Keong Wong, Clarence Kah Wai Kwan, Baldwin Po Man Yeung
{"title":"Obesity Impacts the Likelihood of Symptom Resolution in Patients with Esophagogastric Junction Outflow Obstruction.","authors":"Koy Min Chue, Joel Ryan Jia Hao Lim, Lester Wei Lin Ong, Bin Chet Toh, Yi Kang Ng, Jeremy Tian Hui Tan, Chin Hong Lim, Wai Keong Wong, Clarence Kah Wai Kwan, Baldwin Po Man Yeung","doi":"10.1007/s00455-024-10792-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00455-024-10792-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Esophagogastric junction outflow obstruction (EGJOO) is an esophageal motility disorder characterised by an elevated integrated relaxation pressure (IRP) with preserved peristalsis. Most functional EGJOO symptoms are self-limiting. This study aimed to evaluate the risk factors associated with non-resolution of symptoms for functional EGJOO. A retrospective single institution cohort study was performed on patients diagnosed with functional EGJOO on high-resolution manometry (HRM). Clinical, demographic, endoscopic and imaging parameters were recorded. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed to identify factors associated with reduced likelihood of symptom resolution. Time to symptom resolution was then plotted on a Kaplan-Meier survival analysis. Over a 5-year period, 53 patients (41.5% male, 58.5% female) were diagnosed with functional EGJOO. The median age, body mass index and IRP at 4 s were 47.0 years (interquartile range (IQR): 36.0-58.0), 23.3 kg/m<sup>2</sup> (IQR: 20.9-26.5) and 39.9 mmHg (IQR: 28.6-52.3) respectively. Dysphagia and atypical chest pain accounted for 36.5% and 21.2% of symptoms respectively. On the univariate analysis, obesity (p = 0.002), heartburn (p = 0.098) and lack of epigastric pain (p = 0.090) were potentially correlated with failure of symptom resolution. In the multivariate analysis, only obesity (OR 0.11, 95% CI: 0.02-0.77; p = 0.026) was significantly associated with reduced likelihood of symptom resolution for EGJOO. On the survival analysis, 87.2% of non-obese patients, in contrast 37.5% of obese patients reported symptom resolution at up to 41-month follow-up period (p = 0.039). Patients with obesity are at an increased likelihood of having persistent symptoms. This association appeared to persist for patients with both manometric and clinically relevant EGJOO.</p>","PeriodicalId":11508,"journal":{"name":"Dysphagia","volume":" ","pages":"943-951"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142767527","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
DysphagiaPub Date : 2025-08-01Epub Date: 2025-01-18DOI: 10.1007/s00455-024-10800-4
Rabia Yeşilkuş, Selen Serel Arslan
{"title":"A New Instrument to Define Parental Fear Regarding Feeding Their Children: A Reliability and Validity Study.","authors":"Rabia Yeşilkuş, Selen Serel Arslan","doi":"10.1007/s00455-024-10800-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00455-024-10800-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study aimed to develop the 'Fear of Feeding My Child- A Parental Report (FF-PR)', which measures the parental fear of feeding their children, and to determine its reliability and validity. The study consists of the developmental phase and reported the content validity, internal consistency, test-retest reliability, construct, criterion, and discriminant validity. The study included two groups; 'Group I (N = 90)' who had a neurological disorder and their parents, and 'Group II (N = 60)' who were typically developing children without any feeding and swallowing problems and their parents. Limited literature review, clinical experience, and parental interviews have been used in creating the item pool. A panel of 7 experts assessed the content validity in two Delphi rounds. Cronbach's α measured the internal consistency of each item. The test-retest reliability was determined using the FF-PR scores given by the parents in Group I one week apart. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to measure the construct validity. The Nordic Orofacial Screening Test (NOT-S), Dysphagia Disorder Survey (DDS), and the Turkish version of the Feeding-Swallowing Impact Survey (T-FS-IS) were used for the criterion validity of the FF-PR. The discriminant validity of the FF-PR was determined by comparing the FF-PR scores of the groups and using the receiver-operating characteristic (ROC) curve. The content validity index was 0.92. The Cronbach's α was found to be high (test: 0.966, retest: 0.969). The FF-PR had an excellent chi-square fit (χ<sup>2</sup>/df = 123.075/127 p = 0.582) and according to the fit indices; the FF-PR was found to have a good fit. There was a low-moderate correlation between FF-PR and NOT-S (r = 0.335 - 0.462, p < 0.001) and DDS (r = 0.461 - 0.535, p < 0.001) and a moderate-high correlation between FF-PR and T-FS-IS (r = 0.501 - 0.807, p < 0.001). The FF-PR total and subscale scores were higher in Group I than in Group II. In conclusion, the FF-PR scale is a valid and reliable tool for measuring parental fear about feeding their child.</p>","PeriodicalId":11508,"journal":{"name":"Dysphagia","volume":" ","pages":"1008-1021"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143002312","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
DysphagiaPub Date : 2025-08-01Epub Date: 2024-11-09DOI: 10.1007/s00455-024-10778-z
Louise Brage, Fredrik Nylén, Patricia Hägglund, Thorbjörn Holmlund
{"title":"eTWST: An Extension to the Timed Water Swallow Test for Increased Dysphagia Screening Accuracy.","authors":"Louise Brage, Fredrik Nylén, Patricia Hägglund, Thorbjörn Holmlund","doi":"10.1007/s00455-024-10778-z","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00455-024-10778-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We aimed to fine-tuning the Timed Water Swallow Test (TWST) screening procedure to provide the most reliable prediction of the Flexible Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES) assessment outcomes, with age, sex, and the presence of clinical signs of dysphagia being considered in the assessment. Participants were healthy people and patients with suspected dysphagia. TWST performance and participants' reported dysphagia symptoms were assessed in terms of their utility in predicting the outcome of a FEES assessment the same day. The FEES assessors were blinded to the nature of the TWST performance. The water swallowing capacity levels and clinical observations during a screening performance that were indicative of dysphagia/no symptoms in FEES were determined. Convergent validity was assessed as the agreement with the Functional Oral Intake Scale (FOIS) in the FEES assessment. TWST predicted FEES findings (aspiration and dysphagia) with a sensitivity of 72 and 45% and a specificity of 75% and 80%, respectively. Extended analysis of the TWST procedure (eTWST) identified aspiration (sensitivity = 92%, specificity = 62%) and dysphagia (sensitivity = 70%, and specificity = 72%) more accurately and showed a high correlation with FOIS (ɸ = 0.37). Excellent inter-rater reliability was further observed (Kw = 0.83). The extended evaluation of TWST performance has superior criterion validity to that of TWST. eTWST displayed high convergent validity and excellent interrater reliability. We therefore believe that eTWST can be highly relevant for clinical dysphagia screening.</p>","PeriodicalId":11508,"journal":{"name":"Dysphagia","volume":" ","pages":"801-810"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12328515/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142616753","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
DysphagiaPub Date : 2025-08-01Epub Date: 2024-11-02DOI: 10.1007/s00455-024-10780-5
C J Mayerl, E B Kaczmarek, A E Smith, H E Shideler, M E Blilie, C E Edmonds, K E Steer, K Adjerid, S Howe, M L Johnson, N Danos, R Z German
{"title":"A Ducted, Biomimetic Nipple Improves Aspects of Infant Feeding Physiology and Performance in an Animal Model.","authors":"C J Mayerl, E B Kaczmarek, A E Smith, H E Shideler, M E Blilie, C E Edmonds, K E Steer, K Adjerid, S Howe, M L Johnson, N Danos, R Z German","doi":"10.1007/s00455-024-10780-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00455-024-10780-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Breastfeeding is widely regarded as the optimal form of feeding infants, as it provides both nutritional and physiological benefits. For example, breastfed infants generate greater intraoral suction and have higher amplitude muscle activities compared to bottle-fed infants, with downstream implications for motor function, development, and health. One mechanism that might explain these physiological differences is the structure of the nipple an infant is feeding on. Breasts in most mammals are ducted soft-tissue structures that require suction to be generated for milk to be released, whereas bottle nipples are hollow and allow milk to be acquired by compression of the nipple. We used a validated animal model (pigs) to test how being raised on a novel ducted nipple impacted feeding physiology and performance compared to infants raised on a standard (cisternic) nipple. At the end of infancy, we fed both groups with both nipple types and used high-speed videofluoroscopy synchronized with intraoral pressure measurements to evaluate feeding function. Nipple type did not have a profound impact on sucking or swallowing rates. However, when feeding on a ducted nipple, infant pigs raised on a ducted nipple generated more suction, consumed milk at a faster rate, swallowed larger boluses of milk, and had decreased likelihood of penetration and aspiration than those raised on a cisternic nipple. These data replicate those found when comparing breast- and bottle-fed infants, suggesting that a ducted, biomimetic nipple may provide bottle-fed infants with the physiologic benefits of breastfeeding.</p>","PeriodicalId":11508,"journal":{"name":"Dysphagia","volume":" ","pages":"823-832"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12148015/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142563980","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reliability and Validity of the Turkish Version of the Deglutition Handicap Index.","authors":"Selen Serel Arslan, Rabia Alıcı, Emre Cengiz, Aynur Ayşe Karaduman, Numan Demir","doi":"10.1007/s00455-024-10776-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00455-024-10776-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Deglutition Handicap Index (DHI) is a self-reported questionnaire focus on dysphagia related quality of life of patients. The present study was aimed to translate the DHI into Turkish, and investigate the reliability and validity of the Turkish version of the DHI (T-DHI). A total of 100 patients with different diagnoses participated. The study was carried out in 3 phases including translation, reliability and validation phases. The translation phase was performed by the forward-backward-forward translation methodology. The internal consistency and test-retest reliability were used for reliability phase. The criterion validity of the T-DHI was investigated for validation phase. The Cronbach's alpha value of the T-DHI was 0.93 of which indicates excellent internal consistency. The Intraclass Correlation Coefficient ranged from 0.96 to 0.99 for test-retest reliability. There was negative and weak correlation between functional subscale score from the T-DHI and the Functional Oral Intake Scale (r=-0.29, p = 0.004), and positive and moderate to strong correlations between total and subscale scores from the T-DHI and the Turkish version of the Eating Assessment Tool (r = 0.67-0.78, p < 0.001) indicating sufficient criterion validity. The T-DHI is a reliable and valid questionnaire to define dysphagia related quality of life of patients. Clinicians could be used the T-DHI during swallowing evaluation part during the management process of deglutition disorders to plan patient centered rehabilitation, improve care and follow up.</p>","PeriodicalId":11508,"journal":{"name":"Dysphagia","volume":" ","pages":"786-791"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142603853","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}