| Reliability and Validity of a Tool to Measure the Severity of Dysphagia: The Food Intake LEVEL Scale. | |
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PMID: 23159683 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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CONTEXT: Dysphagia is one of the most prevalent and distressing symptoms among palliative care patients, and a practical assessment tool is required. OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to examine the reliability and validity of a tool to measure the severity of dysphagia: the Food Intake LEVEL Scale (FILS), a 10-point observer-rating scale. METHODS: The inter- and intrarater reliability was evaluated by three clinicians in 30 patients using weighted kappa statistics. The convergent validity was evaluated by examining correlations of FILS with the Functional Oral Intake Scale (FOIS) and patient-reported satisfaction levels with oral intake. RESULTS: Weighted kappa coefficients for interrater reliability ranged from 0.70 to 0.90 and those for intrarater reliability ranged from 0.83 to 0.90. The FILS score was highly associated with FOIS (ρ = 0.96-0.99) and patient-reported satisfaction (ρ = 0.89). CONCLUSION: FILS seems to have fair reliability and validity as a practical tool for assessing the severity of dysphagia. Further study on the reliability, validity, and sensitivity of FILS compared with FOIS is needed. |
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Kenjiro Kunieda; Tomohisa Ohno; Ichiro Fujishima; Kyoko Hojo; Tatsuya Morita |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2012-11-15 |
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Title: Journal of pain and symptom management Volume: - ISSN: 1873-6513 ISO Abbreviation: J Pain Symptom Manage Publication Date: 2012 Nov |
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Created Date: 2012-11-19 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8605836 Medline TA: J Pain Symptom Manage Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Copyright © 2012 U.S. Cancer Pain Relief Committee. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. |
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Department of Rehabilitation, Hamamatsu City Rehabilitation Hospital, Shizuoka, Tokyo; Department of Neurology and Neurological Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo. Electronic address: ken2rou@xk9.so-net.ne.jp. |
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