Screening of dysphagia in geriatrics

BMC Geriatrics

Table 8 Correlation between total score of FEES and sub-items of dysphagia manifestations in the suspected group

	Total score of FEES
	R	P value
Dysphagia	0.282	0.329
Anorexia	0.492	0.074
Weight loss	0.492	0.074
Salivation	0.587	0.027
Accumulation of food in mouth	0.442	0.114
Sticking of food in throat	0.073	0.803
Nasal regurgitation of fluids	-0.337	0.239
Cough on food	0.544	0.044
Need water to swallow	0.165	0.573
Need to multiple swallows	0.399	0.157
Need to cut food into small pieces	0.641	0.013
Total score of dysphagia manifestations	0.651	0.012

Non-significant P value > 0.05 Significant P value < 0.05 highly significant P value < 0.01
Table 8 shows that the total score of FEES has a significant positive correlation with salivation with p value 0.027, cough on food with p value 0.044 and the need to cut food into small pieces with p value 0.013 and total score of dysphagia manifestations with p value 0.012

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