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Article types | Original article |
Language | English |
Refereed paper | Refereed |
Title | Intervention by Speech Therapists to Promote Oral Intake of Patients with Acute Stroke: A Retrospective Cohort Study. |
Journal | Formal name:Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases : the official journal of National Stroke Association Abbreviation:J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis ISSN code:1532-8511(Electronic)1052-3057(Linking) |
Domestic / Foregin | Foregin |
Volume, Number, Page | 26(3),pp.480-487 |
Papers・Author | Nakazora Tomoko, Maeda Junko, Iwamoto Konosuke, Hanashiro Sayori, Nakamura Yoshikazu, Kiyozuka Tetsuhito, Domen Kazuhisa |
Publication date | 2017/03 |
Papers・Description | OBJECTIVE:Early rehabilitation for acute stroke patients is widely recommended. We tested the hypothesis that daily intervention by speech therapists promotes safe oral intake of patients with acute stroke.METHODS:We analyzed hospitalized patients who experienced cerebral infarction and cerebral hemorrhage and who underwent rehabilitation between October 2010 and September 2014 at our hospital. In total, 936 patients were analyzed, and 452 patients underwent daily speech therapy. We examined the association of training frequency and eating status.RESULTS:Multiple linear regression analysis indicated that daily speech therapy was correlated significantly and positively with a reduction in the number of days of hospitalization until oral intake commenced (coefficient, -.998; 95% confidence interval, -1.793 to -.202; P < .05), and was not correlated with the cessation of oral intake due to aspiration pneumonia after resuming oral intake.CONCLUSION:Our retrospective cohort study demonstrated that daily intervention by speech therapists in patients with acute stroke shortens the number of days until oral intake without increasing the incidence of aspiration pneumonia. |
DOI | 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2016.12.007 |
PMID | 28041902 |