title: Validation and Cultural Adaptation of the Arabic Version of the Eating Assessment Tool (EAT-10).
abstract: The Eating Assessment Tool (EAT-10) is a 10-item self-administered questionnaire. It is a noninvasive tool to measure patients' perception of their swallowing problems. The purposes of the present study were to develop an Arabic version of the EAT-10 and to evaluate its validity, consistency, and reliability in the Arabic-speaking population with oropharyngeal dysphagia.
  
  
  
  This was a prospective study carried out at the Communication and Swallowing Disorders Unit, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
  
  
  
  The Arabic EAT-10 was administered to 138 patients with oropharyngeal dysphagia and 83 control subjects. Internal consistency and test-retest reliability were evaluated. Content and clinical validity were studied, and the EAT-10 results were compared across patients and control groups.
  
  
  
  The Arabic EAT-10 showed excellent internal consistency (Cronbach's α = 0.92). Also, good test-retest reliability was found for the total scores of the Arabic EAT-10 (intraclass correlation = 0.73). There was a significant difference in Arabic EAT-10 scores between the oropharyngeal dysphagia group and the control group (p < 0.001).
  
  
  
  This study demonstrated that the Arabic EAT-10 is a valid tool that can be used for screening of dysphagia-related problems in an Arabic-speaking population.
authors: Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
authors: Mohamed
authors: M
authors: Farahat
authors: Tamer A
authors: TA
authors: Mesallam
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000208:ethnology / Q000209:etiology; D059026:Diagnostic Self Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012016:Reference Values; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012529:Saudi Arabia; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014175:Translating