title: Spontaneous swallow frequency compared with clinical screening in the identification of dysphagia in acute stroke.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The aim of this study was to compare spontaneous swallow frequency analysis (SFA) with clinical screening protocols for identification of dysphagia in acute stroke.
  
  
  METHODS
  In all, 62 patients with acute stroke were evaluated for spontaneous swallow frequency rates using a validated acoustic analysis technique. Independent of SFA, these same patients received a routine nurse-administered clinical dysphagia screening as part of standard stroke care. Both screening tools were compared against a validated clinical assessment of dysphagia for acute stroke. In addition, psychometric properties of SFA were compared against published, validated clinical screening protocols.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Spontaneous SFA differentiates patients with versus without dysphagia after acute stroke. Using a previously identified cut point based on swallows per minute, spontaneous SFA demonstrated superior ability to identify dysphagia cases compared with a nurse-administered clinical screening tool. In addition, spontaneous SFA demonstrated equal or superior psychometric properties to 4 validated, published clinical dysphagia screening tools.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Spontaneous SFA has high potential to identify dysphagia in acute stroke with psychometric properties equal or superior to clinical screening protocols.
authors.affiliation: Swallowing Research Laboratory, Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Science, University of Florida Health Science Center, Gainesville, Florida. Electronic address: mcrary@phhp.ufl.edu.
authors.forename: Michael A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Crary
authors.affiliation: Swallowing Research Laboratory, Department of Behavioral Science and Community Health, University of Florida Health Science Center, Gainesville, Florida.
authors.forename: Giselle D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Carnaby
authors.affiliation: Swallowing Research Laboratory, Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Science, University of Florida Health Science Center, Gainesville, Florida.
authors.forename: Isaac
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sia
mesh_terms: D000162:Acoustics; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003679:Deglutition / Q000502:physiology; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000379:methods; D020521:Stroke / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology
keywords: Dysphagia; acute stroke; screening; swallow frequency
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