Canadian journal of speech-language pathology and audiology : CJSLPA = Revue canadienne d'orthophonie et d'audiologie : RCOA最新文献

{"title":"Aging Effects on Eating Assessment Tool-10 (EAT-10) Total Scores in Healthy, Community-Dwelling Adults.","authors":"Kendrea L Focht Garand,&nbsp;Elizabeth G Hill,&nbsp;Kent Armeson,&nbsp;Bonnie Martin-Harris","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The purpose of this study was to examine how aging and sex impacted scores on the Eating Assessment Tool-10 in a large sample of healthy, non-dysphagic adults. Differences in Eating Assessment Tool-10 total normal (< 3) and abnormal (≥ 3) scores were examined across four age categories (21-39 years, 40-59 years, 60-79 years, 80 years and older) and between sexes. The mean (± <i>SD</i>) Eating Assessment Tool-10 total score for this healthy cohort of 167 individuals was 0.6 (± 1.6), with the majority of participants (75%) earning a score of zero. No significant differences were found in Eating Assessment Tool-10 total scores across age categories (<i>p</i> = .53) or between sexes (<i>p</i> = .79). Post-hoc analyses further explored relationships between Eating Assessment Tool-10 total scores and swallow performance measures as observed during videofluoroscopy. All participants (<i>n</i> = 15) scoring 3 and greater on the Eating Assessment Tool-10 passed an aspiration screen (i.e., 3-ounce water swallow challenge). Nine participants scoring less than 3 and failing the aspiration screen were not observed to have airway invasion as measured by the Penetration-Aspiration Scale during videofluoroscopy. A significant relationship was not observed between Eating Assessment Tool-10 total scores and highest Penetration-Aspiration Scale score. Eating Assessment Tool-10 total scores reported in the current study for patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease were significantly lower (<i>p</i> < .001) than total scores reported in the Eating Assessment Tool-10 validation study by Belafsky et al. (2008). In summary, aging or sex effects did not appear to impact self-report of dysphagia-related symptoms as measured by the Eating Assessment Tool-10. The Eating Assessment Tool-10, therefore, may not demonstrate the sensitivity needed to capture sub-clinical changes of the aging swallowing mechanism.</p>","PeriodicalId":87227,"journal":{"name":"Canadian journal of speech-language pathology and audiology : CJSLPA = Revue canadienne d'orthophonie et d'audiologie : RCOA","volume":"44 1","pages":"1-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7946383/pdf/nihms-1629795.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25467243","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}