Table IV.
Measures Related to Medicine “Y” in Patients with and without Swallowing Disorder
| No swallowing disorder (n = 26) |
Swallowing disorder (n = 10) |
Fisher’s Exact Test |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Result of the intake | |||
| Fully taken | 26 (100) a | 7 (70) | 0.02 |
| Partly taken | 0 (0) | 3 (30) | |
| Not taken | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
| Patient’s reaction | |||
| Positive reaction | 4 (15) | 0 (0) | 0.04 |
| Neutral reaction | 20 (77) | 6 (60) | |
| Negative reaction | 2 (8) | 4 (40) | |
| Manip. and admin. Time | |||
| Short time | 13 (50) | 2 (20) | 0.18 |
| Medium time | 10 (38) | 5 (50) | |
| Long time | 3 (12) | 3 (30) | |
| Divided dose | |||
| Use | 4 (15) | 5 (50) | 0.08 |
| No | 22 (85) | 5 (50) | |
| Alteration | |||
| Use | 5 (19) | 8 (80) | 0.001 |
| No | 21 (81) | 2 (20) | |
| Food/drink | |||
| Use | 3 (12) | 6 (60) | 0.01 |
| No | 23 (88) | 4 (40) | |
| Restraint | |||
| Use | 0 (0) | 3 (30) | 0.02 |
| No | 26 (100) | 7 (70) | |
anumber and percentage: n(%)