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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Dysphagia. 2012 Mar 29;27(4):538–549. doi: 10.1007/s00455-012-9404-2

Table 1.

Usual First Interventions

Timing – Patient Population % of
Respondents
1. Before RT – with all patients 13.3%
2. Before RT – only with those patients who are
motivated or complaining of difficulty
swallowing		 10.8%
3. During RT – with all patients 5.0%
4. During RT – only with those patients who are
motivated or complaining of difficulty
swallowing		 19.1%
5. In first 3 months after RT – with all patients 4.6%
6. In first 3 months after RT – only with those
patients who are motivated or complaining of
difficulty swallowing		 28.6%
7. After 3 months post RT – with all patients 0.3%
8. After 3 months post RT – only with those
patients who are motivated or complaining of
difficulty swallowing		 18.3%