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ArticleBMJ evidence-based medicine2023

Swallowing outcomes in dysphagia interventions in Parkinson's disease: a scoping review.

Julia Hirschwald, Jule Hofacker, Sallyanne Duncan, Margaret Walshe

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Article in BMJ evidence-based medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Application of three-dimensional printed food for patients with dysphagia: a scoping review.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 · 2026
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  6. Measuring What Matters in Parkinson's Disease Research and Dysphagia: The Need for Core Outcome Sets.Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Julia HirschwaldClinical Speech and Language Studies, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland hirschwj@tcd.ie.ORCID 0000-0001-6707-6921
Jule HofackerClinical Speech and Language Studies, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
Sallyanne DuncanWellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK.
Margaret WalsheClinical Speech and Language Studies, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
Trinity College Dublin · IEQueen's University Belfast · GB

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo identify all outcomes, their definitions, outcome measurement instruments (OMIs), timepoints and frequency of measurement applied in clinical trials in oropharyngeal dysphagia (OD) interventions in Parkinson's disease (PD). This scoping review is the first stage of a larger project establishing a core outcome set for dysphagia interventions in Parkinson's disease (COS-DIP).

designScoping review.

methodsSix electronic databases and one trial registry were searched without language restrictions until March 2022. Bibliography lists of included studies were also reviewed. Study screening and data extraction were conducted independently by two reviewers using Covidence. The scoping review protocol is registered and published (http://hdl.handle.net/2262/97652).

results19 studies with 134 outcomes were included. Trial outcomes were mapped to a recommended taxonomy for COSs and merged. 39 outcomes were identified. The most frequently measured were general swallowing-related outcomes, global quality-of-life outcomes and swallowing-related perceived health status outcomes. The applied outcomes, their definitions, OMIs, timepoints and frequency of measurement showed a high variability across all studies.

conclusionsThe high variability of outcomes emphasises the need for an agreed standardised COS. This will inform clinical trial design in OD in PD, increase the quality of OD trials in PD and facilitate synthesising and comparing study results to reach conclusion on the safety and effectiveness of OD interventions in PD. It will not prevent or restrict researchers from examining other outcomes. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: The COS-DIP study, including the scoping review, was registered prospectively with the Core Outcome Measures in Effectiveness Trials Database on 24 September 2021 (www.comet-initiative.org, registration number: 1942).

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Deglutition DisordersParkinson DiseaseDeglutitionHumansOutcome Assessment, Health Carebehavioral medicinemovement disordersneurology

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PMID36368883
PMCPMC10086282
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