Trial reportHead & neck2024
Self-management intervention improves patient adherence to swallowing exercises during radiation for head and neck cancer.
Trial report in Head & neck, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Pooled it
- A Telemedicine App for Nonrigid Facial Rehabilitation Training Enhanced by Efficient Fully Convolutional Neural Network With Residual Network (EffiFCNN-ResNet) to Improve Accessibility for Patients With Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Cancer: Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2026Trial
- Swallowing exercise adherence in patients with head and neck cancer based on the dual-process model: a qualitative study.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026Article
- Implementation of a Self-Help Swallowing Exercise Program in Head and Neck Cancer.Folia phoniatrica et logopaedica : official organ of the International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics (IALP) · 2026Article
- The Mediating Role of Patient Activation in the Association Between Illness Perception and Self-Management Behavior Among Patients with Oral Cancer.Patient preference and adherence · 2026Article
- Precision rehabilitation for swallowing dysfunction after radiotherapy in head and neck cancer: current evidence, key controversies, and future perspectives.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Review
- "Women's experiences of head and neck cancer: an interpretative phenomenological analysis".BMC women's health · 2025Article
- Knowledge, attitude, and practice of oral nutritional supplements in patients undergoing radiotherapy for head-and-neck cancer.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundWhile preventive swallowing exercises reduce the risk of radiation-associated dysphagia in patients with head and neck cancer, strategies are needed to improve patient adherence.
methodsBefore radiation, all participants were taught preventive swallowing exercises and randomized to either an adherence intervention or enhanced usual care. During radiation, all participants met twice with a speech pathologist for swallowing assessment and reinforcement of exercises. Intervention participants met weekly with a counselor in-person or by phone. At 6-week post-radiation follow-up, all participants completed a follow-up assessment of self-reported adherence, which was then corroborated with medical record documentation.
resultsNewly diagnosed pharyngeal and laryngeal cancer patients without distant metastases were randomized (n = 265; 135 to intervention, and 130 to usual care). Intervention participants were more likely to adhere to exercises during radiation compared to the control group (p < 0.0001).
conclusionThe weekly in-person adherence intervention program significantly increased patient's adherence to preventive swallowing exercises during radiation.
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