ArticleNeurogastroenterology and motility2014
Sensitivity and specificity of the Eating Assessment Tool and the Volume-Viscosity Swallow Test for clinical evaluation of oropharyngeal dysphagia.
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Oropharyngeal Dysphagia and Malnutrition in Patients Infected by SARS-CoV-2: Prevalence and Needs of Compensatory Treatment and Follow up in Patients Admitted by COVID-19 at the Consorci Sanitari Del Maresme
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121 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 271 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Effect of a gum-based thickener on the safety of swallowing in patients with poststroke oropharyngeal dysphagia.Neurogastroenterology and motility · 2019Trial
- The effect of "xanthan gum-based fluid thickener" on hydration, swallowing functions and nutritional status in total maxillectomy patients.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2018Trial
- EAT-10 to Screen Instrumentally Confirmed Dysphagia Following Anterior Cervical Spine Surgery.Laryngoscope investigative otolaryngology · 2026Article
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- [Oropharyngeal dysphagia as a neurogeriatric syndrome].Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie · 2026Review
- Post-swallowing voice-based aspiration screening in dysphagia using a deep learning approach: insights from audio segmentation.Scientific reports · 2026Article
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Abstract
backgroundOropharyngeal dysphagia (OD) is an underdiagnosed digestive disorder that causes severe nutritional and respiratory complications. Our aim was to determine the accuracy of the Eating Assessment Tool (EAT-10) and the Volume-Viscosity Swallow Test (V-VST) for clinical evaluation of OD.
methodsWe studied 120 patients with swallowing difficulties and 14 healthy subjects. OD was evaluated by the 10-item screening questionnaire EAT-10 and the bedside method V-VST, videofluoroscopy (VFS) being the reference standard. The V-VST is an effort test that uses boluses of different volumes and viscosities to identify clinical signs of impaired efficacy (impaired labial seal, piecemeal deglutition, and residue) and impaired safety of swallow (cough, voice changes, and oxygen desaturation ≥3%). Discriminating ability was assessed by the AUC of the ROC curve and sensitivity and specificity values. KEY
resultsAccording to VFS, prevalence of OD was 87%, 75.6% with impaired efficacy and 80.9% with impaired safety of swallow including 17.6% aspirations. The EAT-10 showed a ROC AUC of 0.89 for OD with an optimal cut-off at 2 (0.89 sensitivity and 0.82 specificity). The V-VST showed 0.94 sensitivity and 0.88 specificity for OD, 0.79 sensitivity and 0.75 specificity for impaired efficacy, 0.87 sensitivity and 0.81 specificity for impaired safety, and 0.91 sensitivity and 0.28 specificity for aspirations. CONCLUSIONS & INFERENCES: Clinical methods for screening (EAT-10) and assessment (V-VST) of OD offer excellent psychometric proprieties that allow adequate management of OD. Their universal application among at-risk populations will improve the identification of patients with OD at risk for malnutrition and aspiration pneumonia.
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