title: [Translation and validation of the Spanish version of the EAT-10 (Eating Assessment Tool-10) for the screening of dysphagia].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The Eating Assessment Tool-10 (EAT-10) is a self-administered, analogical, direct-scoring screening tool for dysphagia.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To translate and adapt the EAT-10 into Spanish, and to evaluate its psychometric properties.
  
  
  METHODS
  After the translation and back-translation process of the EAT-10 ES, a prospective study was performed in adult patients with preserved cognitive and functional abilities. Patients in 3 clinical situations, diagnosed with dysphagia (DD), patients at risk of dysphagia (RD), and patients not at risk of dysphagia (SRD) were recruited from 3 settings: a hospital Nutritional Support Unit (USN), a nursing home (RG) and primary care centre (CAP). Patients completed the EAT-10 ES during a single visit. Both patients and researchers completed a specific questionnaire regarding EAT-10 ES' comprehension.
  
  
  RESULTS
  65 patients were included (age 75 ± 9.1 y), 52.3% women. Mean time of administration was 3.8 ± 1.7 minutes. 95.4% of patients considered that all tool items were comprehensible and 72.3% found it easy to assign scores. EAT-10 ES' internal consistency, Cronbach's Alpha coefficient was 0.87. A high correlation was observed between all tool items and global scores (p < 0.001). Mean score for patients in group DD was 15 ± 8.9 points, 6.7 ± 7.7 points in group RD, and 2 ± 3.1 points in group SRD. Male patients, previously diagnosed of dysphagia or patients from the NSU showed significantly higher scores on the EAT-10 ES (p < 0.001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  EAT-10 ES has proven to be reliable, valid and to have internal consistency. Is it an easy-to-understand tool that can be completed quickly, making it useful for the screening of dysphagia in routine clinical practice.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Soporte Nutricional, Hospital Universitario Vall d´Hebrón, Barcelona, España.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Burgos
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sarto
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Segurola
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Romagosa
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Puiggrós
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vázquez
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cárdenas
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Barcons
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Araujo
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pérez-Portabella
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013030:Spain