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ArticleDysphagia2025

Dysphagia-Specific Instrument Based on Item Response Theory and International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health.

Ya-Cen Wu, Yan-Qun Luo, Feng Lin, Chun Feng

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Article in Dysphagia, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Ya-Cen WuHunan Provincial People's Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410016, Hunan, China.
Yan-Qun LuoHunan Provincial People's Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410016, Hunan, China.
Feng Lin *Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Sir Run Run Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 211100, Jiangsu, China. peterduus@njmu.edu.cn.
Chun Feng *School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200090, China. 23310107@tongji.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3067-7146

Funding

Clinical Medical Technology Innovation Guidance Project of Hunan Provincial Science and Technology Department, China 2021SK50916National Natural Science Foundation of China 82302876Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province, China 2023JJ60024Shanghai Rising-Star Program 23YF1433700
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Abstract

This study aimed to identify functional challenges faced by individuals with non-esophageal dysphagia and to offer a tool for quantitatively evaluating the person abilities within the framework of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF). Additionally, this study attempted to differentiate the personal abilities of individuals with dysphagia and hierarchize item difficulties using the ICF-based Item Response Theory (IRT) modeling approach. This cross-sectional study enrolled a cohort of 150 patients with dysphagia (105 male and 45 female) from a tertiary hospital in China. Participants were assigned to evaluate the 114-item ICF dysphagia questionnaire. To further assess their swallowing capabilities, eating patterns, quality of life, and nutritional status, participants underwent a battery of five additional scales. The ICF qualifiers underwent data shaping including dichotomization and missing value imputation, Mokken scale analysis (MSA) for checking unidimensionality, local independence, monotonicity, and invariant item ordering (IIO), and parametric IRT modeling for identifying an optimal model from the 1-parametric logistic model (1PLM), 2PLM, 3PLM, and 4PLM. Finally, we tested the robustness of the optimal model via Monte Carlo simulation and illustrated the usefulness of the model by its person-item map. The 1PLM emerged as the optimal model with a total of 50 ICF items (12 'd-Activities and Participation', 33 'b-Body Functions', and 5 'e-environmental' items). The final scale presented strong reliability with Cronbach's Alpha = 0.967. Furthermore, the scale showed good validity with a significant positive correlation (p < 0.001,

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Deglutition DisordersDisability EvaluationInternational Classification of Functioning, Disability and HealthAdultAgedAged, 80 and overChinaCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedQuality of LifeSurveys and QuestionnairesDysphagiaInternational Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF)Outcome measurePatient-centered care

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