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ArticleDysphagia2016

Conducting Real-Time Videofluoroscopic Swallow Study via Telepractice: A Preliminary Feasibility and Reliability Study.

Clare L Burns, Elizabeth C Ward, Anne J Hill, Nick Phillips, Linda Porter

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Article in Dysphagia, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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10citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.3field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Clare L BurnsSpeech Pathology & Audiology Department, Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital, Level 2, Dr James Mayne Building, Butterfield Street, Herston, Brisbane, QLD, 4029, Australia. clare.burns@health.qld.gov.au.
Elizabeth C WardSchool of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
Anne J HillSchool of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
Nick PhillipsMedical Imaging Department, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
Linda PorterMedical Imaging Department, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
The University of Queensland · AURoyal Brisbane and Women's Hospital · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A small number of studies have examined the feasibility of conducting videofluoroscopic swallow studies (VFSS) via telepractice. While the results have confirmed this potential, the systems tested to date have either reported issues that impacted the ability to analyze/interpret the VFSS recordings in real time, or they were not designed to enable real-time interpretation. Further system design is needed to establish a telepractice model that enables the VFSS assessment to be both guided and interpreted live in real time. The aim of this study was to test the feasibility and reliability of using a telepractice system to enable live VFSS assessment. Twenty adult patients underwent a VFSS assessment directed by a telepractice SLP with competency in VFSS located in another room of the hospital. The telepractice clinician led the sessions using a C20 Cisco TelePresence System. This was linked in real time via a secure telehealth network (at 4 megabits per second (Mbit/s)) to a C60 Cisco TelePresence System located in a fluoroscopy suite, connected to the digital fluoroscopy system. Levels of agreement were calculated between the telepractice clinician and a face-to-face clinician who simultaneously rated the VFSS in real time. High levels of agreement for swallowing parameters (range = 75-100 %; k = -0.34 to 1.0) and management decisions (range = 70-100 %, k = 0.64-1.0) were found. A post-session questionnaire revealed clinicians agreed that the telepractice system enabled successful remote assessment of VFSS. The findings support the potential to conduct live VFSS assessment via a telepractice model.

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AdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overDeglutitionDeglutition DisordersFeasibility StudiesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPhotofluorographyReproducibility of ResultsSpeech-Language PathologyTelemetryVideo RecordingDeglutitionDeglutition disordersTelepracticeVideofluoroscopic swallow studyVideofluoroscopy

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PMID26979971
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