Adherence to commercial food thickener in patients with oropharyngeal dysphagia.

Background: Oropharyngeal dysphagia (OD), a common symptom in the elderly, uses commercial thickener (CT) as part of its treatment. This is often accompanied of dislike and poor compliance.

Aim: Describe adherence to CT and possible differences according to dwelling location in an area of influence of approximately 400.

Differences in the use of food textures in oropharyngeal dysphagia according to the place of living.

Background&aims: Modifying solid/liquid foods is the main treatment in oropharyngeal dysphagia (OD). Commercial Thickener (CT) for treatment is subsidized by health system and is delivered to patient's place of living, once is managed by our hospital Nutrition-Dietetics Unit (NDU).

Aim: To describe the patterns of texture for foods/liquids follow in patients with OD who are treated with CT.

Prevalence of dysphagia in a regional hospital setting: Acute care hospital and a geriatric sociosanitary care hospital: A cross-sectional study.

Rationale: Oropharyngeal Dysphagia (OD) is a symptom commonly found in hospitalized patients and related to a vast array of clinical diagnosis and to high morbidity and mortality that is becoming very important to identify. Our aim was to assess the prevalence of OD in our hospital setting.

Methods: Cross-sectional randomized study to determine the prevalence of dysphagia in an acute care hospital (ACH) and long term care hospital (LTCH).