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ArticleJournal of neurology2017

Clinical assessment of dysphagia in neurodegeneration (CADN): development, validity and reliability of a bedside tool for dysphagia assessment.

Adam P Vogel, Natalie Rommel, Carina Sauer, Marius Horger, Patrick Krumm, Marc Himmelbach, Matthis Synofzik

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Article in Journal of neurology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Adam P VogelDepartment of Neurodegeneration, Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research and Center for Neurology, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany. vogela@unimelb.edu.au.
Natalie RommelDepartment of Neurodegeneration, Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research and Center for Neurology, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
Carina SauerTherapieZentrum, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
Marius HorgerDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
Patrick KrummDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
Marc HimmelbachSection of Neuropsychology, Department of Cognitive Neurology, Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research & Center for Neurology, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
Matthis SynofzikDepartment of Neurodegeneration, Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research and Center for Neurology, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research · DEUniversity Children's Hospital Tübingen · DEBernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Tübingen · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Screening assessments for dysphagia are essential in neurodegenerative disease. Yet there are no purpose-built tools to quantify swallowing deficits at bedside or in clinical trials. A quantifiable, brief, easy to administer assessment that measures the impact of dysphagia and predicts the presence or absence of aspiration is needed. The Clinical Assessment of Dysphagia in Neurodegeneration (CADN) was designed by a multidisciplinary team (neurology, neuropsychology, speech pathology) validated against strict methodological criteria in two neurodegenerative diseases, Parkinson's disease (PD) and degenerative ataxia (DA). CADN comprises two parts, an anamnesis (part one) and consumption (part two). Two-thirds of patients were assessed using reference tests, the SWAL-QOL symptoms subscale (part one) and videofluoroscopic assessment of swallowing (part two). CADN has 11 items and can be administered and scored in an average of 7 min. Test-retest reliability was established using correlation and Bland-Altman plots. 125 patients with a neurodegenerative disease were recruited; 60 PD and 65 DA. Validity was established using ROC graphs and correlations. CADN has sensitivity of 79 and 84% and specificity 71 and 69% for parts one and two, respectively. Significant correlations with disease severity were also observed (p < 0.001) for PD with small to large associations between disease severity and CADN scores for DA. Cutoff scores were identified that signal the presence of clinically meaningful dysphagia symptomatology and risk of aspiration. The CADN is a reliable, valid, brief, quantifiable, and easily deployed assessment of swallowing in neurodegenerative disease. It is thus ideally suited for both clinical bedside assessment and future multicentre clinical trials in neurodegenerative disease.

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