title: Correlation between the reason for referral, clinical, and objective assessment of the risk for dysphagia.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To correlate the reason for referral to speech therapy service at a university hospital with the results of clinical and objective assessment of risk for dysphagia.
  
  
  METHODS
  This is a cross-sectional, observational, retrospective analytical and quantitative study. The data were gathered from the database, and the information used was the reason for referral to speech therapy service, results of clinical assessment of the risk for dysphagia, and also from swallowing videofluoroscopy.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was a mean difference between the variables of the reason for the referral, results of the clinical and objective swallowing assessments, and scale of penetration/aspiration, although the values were not statistically significant. Statistically significant correlation was observed between clinical and objective assessments and the penetration scale, with the largest occurring between the results of objective assessment and penetration scale.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There was a correlation between clinical and objective assessments of swallowing and mean difference between the variables of the reason for the referral with their respective assessment. This shows the importance of the association between the data of patient's history and results of clinical evaluation and complementary tests, such as videofluoroscopy, for correct identification of the swallowing disorders, being important to combine the use of severity scales of penetration/aspiration for diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Curso de Graduação em Fonoaudiologia, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Distúrbios da Comunicação Humana, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria - UFSM, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Renata
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mancopes
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Santa Maria - UFSM, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Bruna Franciele da Trindade
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: Gonçalves
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Santa Maria - UFSM, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Cintia Conceição
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Santa Maria - UFSM, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Talita Cristina
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Favero
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Santa Maria - UFSM, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Daniela Rejane Constantino
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Drozdz
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre - UFCSPA, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Diego Fernando Dorneles
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Bilheri
authors.affiliation: Curso de Fonoaudiologia, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria - UFSM, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Stéfani Fernanda
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Schumacher
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005471:Fluoroscopy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013066:Speech-Language Pathology; D055815:Young Adult