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Trial reportDysphagia2012

Neuromuscular electrical stimulation versus traditional therapy in patients with Parkinson's disease and oropharyngeal dysphagia: effects on quality of life.

B J Heijnen, R Speyer, L W J Baijens, H C A Bogaardt

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Trial report in Dysphagia, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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44citing papers in PubMed, 7 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

44 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 135 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Treatment of Dysphagia in Parkinson's Disease: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

B J HeijnenDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands. B.J.Heijnen@LUMC.nl.
R Speyer
L W J Baijens
H C A Bogaardt
HAN University of Applied Sciences · NLLeiden University Medical Center · NLMaastricht University · NLNetherlands Comprehensive Cancer Organisation · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study compares the effects of traditional logopedic dysphagia treatment with those of neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) as adjunct to therapy on the quality of life in patients with Parkinson's disease and oropharyngeal dysphagia. Eighty-eight patients were randomized over three treatment groups. Traditional logopedic dysphagia treatment and traditional logopedic dysphagia treatment combined with NMES at sensor or motor level stimulation were compared. At three times (pretreatment, post-treatment, and 3 months following treatment), two quality-of-life questionnaires (SWAL-QOL and MD Anderson Dysphagia Inventory) and a single-item Dysphagia Severity Scale were scored. The Functional Oral Intake Scale was used to assess the dietary intake. After therapy, all groups showed significant improvement on the Dysphagia Severity Scale and restricted positive effects on quality of life. Minimal group differences were found. These effects remained unchanged 3 months following treatment. No significant correlations were found between dietary intake and quality of life. Logopedic dysphagia treatment results in a restricted increased quality of life in patients with Parkinson's disease. In this randomized controlled trial, all groups showed significant therapy effects on the Dysphagia Severity Scale and restricted improvements on the SWAL-QOL and the MDADI. However, only slight nonsignificant differences between groups were found.

Indexed as

Electric Stimulation TherapyQuality of LifeAdultAgedAged, 80 and overDeglutition DisordersFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedParkinson DiseaseSeverity of Illness IndexSurveys and Questionnaires

Identifiers

PMID22081122
PMCPMC3417093
OpenAlexW1971211368

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