Short-Term Therapeutic Adherence of Hospitalized Older Patients with Oropharyngeal Dysphagia after an Education Intervention: Analysis of Compliance Rates, Risk Factors and Associated Complications.

Oropharyngeal dysphagia (OD) is associated with adverse outcomes that require a multidisciplinary approach with different strategies. Our aim was to assess the adherence of older patients to dysphagia management recommendations during hospitalization, after a specific nurse guided dysphagia education intervention and to identify short term complications of OD and their relationship with short-term adherence. We carried out a prospective observational study in an acute and an orthogeriatric unit of a university hospital over ten months with a one-month follow-up.

Oropharyngeal dysphagia in older patients with hip fracture.

Background: oropharyngeal dysphagia (OD) and hip fracture are common problems in older patients, both associated with important complications.

Objective: the aim of this study was to measure the prevalence and identify the main risk factors of dysphagia in older patients with hip fracture.

Design: a prospective study in an orthogeriatric unit of a university hospital over 10 months.

High Prevalence of Oropharyngeal Dysphagia in Acutely Hospitalized Patients Aged 80 Years and Older.

Objectives: Oropharyngeal dysphagia is a geriatric syndrome that is usually underdiagnosed in older patients. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and identify the main risk factors of dysphagia in the oldest old patients admitted to an acute geriatric unit.

Design: Observational prospective study.