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  • Titel: The convergent validity of a Dutch Screening tool for Dysphagia (Signaleringslijst Verslikken) for people with severe or profound intellectual and multiple disabilities
  • Beteiligte: van Timmeren, Dinette E. A.; Deddens, Annelies; van Schrojenstein Lantman‐de Valk, Henny M. J.; van der Schans, Cees P.; Krijnen, Wim P.; Waninge, Aly; van der Putten, Annette A. J.
  • Erschienen: Wiley, 2019
  • Erschienen in: Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • DOI: 10.1111/jar.12592
  • ISSN: 1360-2322; 1468-3148
  • Schlagwörter: Developmental and Educational Psychology ; Education
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  • Beschreibung: <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:sec><jats:title>Background</jats:title><jats:p>Dysphagia is potentially life‐threatening and highly prevalent in people with severe/profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (SPIMD). The “Signaleringslijst Verslikken” (SV) is a frequently used Dutch screening tool to detect dysphagia. The aim was to examine the convergent validity of the SV for people with SPIMD.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Method</jats:title><jats:p>Direct support staff completed the SV, with speech and language therapists scoring a validated tool, the Dysphagia Disorders Survey (DDS), for 41 persons with SPIMD, aged ≥50 years. The results were compared for agreement using the McNemar's Test.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results</jats:title><jats:p>The proportion of agreement was 0.59 (95% CI 0.43–0.72). The SV did not detect dysphagia in 17 participants (44%) who were assessed as having dysphagia according to the DDS. The difference in proportion of detection of dysphagia between the two methods was significant (<jats:italic>p</jats:italic> &lt; 0.0001).</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions</jats:title><jats:p>The results suggest that the convergent validity of the SV is insufficient: the SV is not sensitive for detecting dysphagia in people with SPIMD.</jats:p></jats:sec>