SynthesisDysphagia2016
Systematic Review: Non-Instrumental Swallowing and Feeding Assessments in Pediatrics.
Synthesis in Dysphagia, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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20 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 88 citations in OpenAlex.
- DySMA - an Instrument to Monitor Swallowing Function in Children with Spinal Muscular Atrophy ages 0 to 24 Months: Development, Consensus, and Pilot Testing.Journal of neuromuscular diseases · 2024Guideline
- Systematic review of validated parent-reported questionnaires assessing swallowing dysfunction in otherwise healthy infants and toddlers.Journal of otolaryngology - head & neck surgery = Le Journal d'oto-rhino-laryngologie et de chirurgie cervico-faciale · 2021Pooled it
- Psychometric Characteristics of Non-instrumental Swallowing and Feeding Assessments in Pediatrics: A Systematic Review Using COSMIN.Dysphagia · 2018Pooled it
- The Use of Cervical Auscultation to Predict Oropharyngeal Aspiration in Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Dysphagia · 2016Trial
- Development and validation of the new French ORALQUEST scale for evaluating feeding difficulties in young children.Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition · 2026Observational
- The Translation and Cultural Adaptation of the Pediatric Eating Assessment Tool in Puerto Rican Spanish: A Comparison between Dyads in Puerto Rico and Mainland United States during the COVID-19 Pandemic.Hispanic health care international : the official journal of the National Association of Hispanic Nurses · 2026Article
- Adaptation of the Italian Version of the Mealtime Assessment Scale in Pediatric Population (MAS-p).Dysphagia · 2026Article
- The Pediatric Screening-Priority Evaluation Dysphagia: Validation of a new tool for screening swallowing disorders in infants and children.Developmental medicine and child neurology · 2026Article
- Validation of the Korean Version of the Pediatric Eating Assessment Tool-10 (K-PEDI-EAT-10) with Correlation to Videofluoroscopic Swallowing Study.Annals of rehabilitation medicine · 2025Article
- Validation of the Arabic Version of Feeding Handicap Index for Children with Developmental Disabilities (A-FHI-C).Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025Article
- Evaluation of the Efficacy of Focal Vibration Therapy-Novafon as an Assistive Therapeutic Tool for Children With Feeding and Swallowing Disorders.Journal of oral rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Process improvement of a paediatric feeding clinic.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Validation and Cultural Adaptation of an Arabic Version of Pediatric Eating Assessment Tool (Pedi-EAT-10Dysphagia · 2022Article
- Pediatric dysphagia overview: best practice recommendation study by multidisciplinary experts.World journal of pediatrics : WJP · 2022Review
- A Literature Review of Feeding Disorders in Children with Tracheostomies and Ventilators.Pediatric annals · 2022Review
- Pediatric Flexible Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing: Critical Analysis of Implementation and Future Perspectives.Dysphagia · 2022Article
- Prevalence of dysphagia symptoms in Cretan children and adolescents with neurological disorders.Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences · 2022Article
- Evaluating the Use of Telepractice for Bottle-Feeding Assessments.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
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- Reliability and validity of the neonatal feeding assessment scale (NFAS) for the early identification of dysphagia in moderate to late preterm neonates.African health sciences · 2019Article
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
There is a high incidence of parental reporting of abnormal swallowing and feeding function and the negative impacts thereof on children. As such there is a need for well validated assessments in the area of pediatric swallowing and feeding. While instrumental assessments are well validated, there is limited information available to guide the selection and use of non-instrumental assessments for swallowing and feeding function. The aim of this study was to identify and report on non-instrumental assessments available to clinicians for pediatric swallowing and/or feeding function in order to support clinical decision making. A systematic literature search was performed by two independent reviewers using Medline and Embase databases, to find non-instrumental assessments for pediatric swallowing and feeding function. Published assessments were also included in the study by searching well-known publishers and relevant feeding and swallowing textbooks. Assessments were summarized and evaluated according to respondent type, target populations, assessment design, domains of assessment and scoring. Thirty assessments were included in the final review. All assessments had either caregiver or clinician respondents. There was high variability in target populations, assessment designs and areas of assessment. Twenty-four of the 30 assessments did not provide instruction for scoring or interpreting scores. There is high variability among the many assessments available to clinicians in the area of feeding and swallowing function in pediatrics. There appears to be limited information available on the validity and reliability of these assessments. Thus, most assessments need to be used with caution. Further research is needed to evaluate the psychometric properties of the assessments.
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