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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
Volume 12, Issue 2, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/jcm12020721
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psychometrics; instrument development; measurement; deglutition; swallowing disorders; internal consistency; hypothesis testing; structural validity; content validity
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This systematic review examines non-instrumental clinical assessment measures for adult oropharyngeal dysphagia (OD) and evaluates their reliability and validity. A total of 16 measures and 32 psychometric studies were included, focusing on swallowing assessments in English-speaking adults. The results indicate incomplete data on the reliability and validity of the included measures, highlighting the need for future research using contemporary psychometric methods to develop comprehensive non-instrumental clinical assessments for adults with OD.
This systematic review on non-instrumental clinical assessment in adult oropharyngeal dysphagia (OD) provides an overview of published measures with reported reliability and validity. In alignment with PRISMA, four databases (CINAHL, Embase, PsycINFO, and PubMed) were searched, resulting in a total of 16 measures and 32 psychometric studies included. The included measures assessed any aspect of swallowing, consisted of at least one specific subscale relating to swallowing, were developed by clinical observation, targeted adults, and were developed in English. The included psychometric studies focused on adults, reported on measures for OD-related conditions, described non-instrumental clinical assessments, reported on validity or reliability, and were published in English. Methodological quality was assessed using the standard quality assessment QualSyst. Most measures targeted only restricted subdomains within the conceptual framework of non-instrumental clinical assessments. Across the 16 measures, hypothesis testing and reliability were the most reported psychometrics, whilst structural validity and content validity were the least reported. Overall, data on the reliability and validity of the included measures proved incomplete and frequently did not meet current psychometric standards. Future research should focus on the development of comprehensive non-instrumental clinical assessments for adults with OD using contemporary psychometric research methods.
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