Table 2.
Clinical outcomes at 18 months follow-up on patients with and without dysphagia.
| 18 MONTHS FOLLOW-UP | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL (n = 255) |
OD (n = 219) |
ND (n = 36) |
p-Value |
|
| Resp. Infections (episodes/patient) Resp. Infections (% (n)) LTRI (% (n)) Pneumonia (% (n)) Fever without focus (% (n)) |
0.9 ± 1.5 48.1 (112) 43.0 (99) 12.6 (28) 6.4 (14) |
1.0 ± 1.5 51.8 (102) 45.9 (89) 14.0 (26) 7.7 (14) |
0.6 ± 1.2 27.8 (10) 27.8 (10) 5.6 (2) 0.0 (0) |
0.040 0.011 0.046 0.270 0.134 |
| Re-admissions (episodes/patient) Re-admissions (% (n)) Respiratory infections (% (n)) Other diseases (% (n)) |
0.6 ± 1.0 44.3 (104) 21.2 (49) 30.9 (69) |
0.6 ± 0.9 41.7 (83) 21.0 (41) 28.3 (53) |
0.9 ± 1.0 58.3 (21) 22.2 (8) 44.4 (16) |
0.015 0.071 0.828 0.075 |
| Institutionalization rate (% (n)) | 45.9 (117) | 47.5 (104) | 36.1 (13) | 0.118 |
OD: oropharyngeal dysphagia patients; ND: patients without OD; n: number of patients; LTRI: lower track respiratory infection. Note: bold values are statically significant p < 0.05.