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. 2020 Feb 27;5(1):11. doi: 10.3390/geriatrics5010011

Table 1.

Swallow Screens/Assessments examined.

Swallow Screen/Assessment Reference
VVST: Volume Viscosity Swallowing Test Clave P, Arreola V, Romea M, Medina L, Palomera E, Serra-Prat M. Clin Nutr 2008; 27:806–815.
TOR-BSST (Toronto Bedside Swallowing Screening Test) Martino R, Silver F, Teasell, Bayley M. Nicholson G, Streiner DL, Diament NE. The Toronto bedside Swallowing screening test (TOR-BSST) Stroke 2009; 40:555–561.
3-oz WST: 3-oz Water Swallow Test DePippo KL, Holas MA, Reding ML. Arch Neurol 1992; 49:1259–1261.
Cough test Sato M, Tohara H, Iida T, Wada S, Inoue M, Ueda K. Simplified cough test for screening silent aspiration. Arch Phys Med and Rehabilitation 2012; 93:1982–1986
BDST (Burke Dysphagia Screening Test) DePippo KL, Holas MA, Reding MJ. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 1994;75:1284–1286
BSA: Bedside Swallowing Assessment Smithard DG, O’Neill PA, Park C, England R, Renwick DS, Wyatt R, Morris J, Martin DF. Age and Ageing 1998; 27:99–106.
Oximetry: Oximetry Sherman B, Niseboum JM, Jesberger BL, Morrow CA, Jesberger JA. Dysphagia 1999; 14:152–156.
PAC-SAC: Prefeeding assessment checklist-Swallowing assessment checklist Shanley C. J Geront Nursing 2000; 26:35–48
TWST: Timed Water Swallowing Test Nathadwarawala KM, Nicklin J, Wiles CM. JNNP 19992; 55:822–825
SBST: Simple Bedside Swallowing Test Sitoh YY, Lee A, Phua SY, Lieu PK, Chan SP. Singapore Med J 2000; 41:376–381
BSA+O2 saturation: Combination of BSA and Oxygen Saturation Monitoring Smith HA, Lee SH, O’Neill PA, Connolly MJ. Age and Ageing 2000; 29:495–499
DSQ: Dysphagia Screening Questionnaire Kawashima k, Motohashi Y, Fujishima I. Dysphagia 2004; 19:266–271.
GUSS: Gugging Swallowing Screen Trapl M, Enderle P, Nowotny M, Teuschi Y, Matz K, Dachenhausen A, Brainin M. Stroke 2007; 38:2948–2952
WSD: Westergen’s Screening for dysphagia Westergen A, Hallberg IR, Ohlsson O. Scand J Caring Sci 1999; 13:274–282
STS-SPT: Simple Two-Step Swallowing Provocation Test Teramoto S, Matsuse T, Fukuchi Y, Ouchi Y. Lancet 1999; 353;1243
MASA: Mann Assessment of Swallowing Ability MASA: The Mann Assessment of Swallowing Ability. Mann G. Singular 2002.
SSA: Standardized Swallowing Assessment Perry L. J Clin Nurs 2001; 10:463–473
CFS-D: Clinical Functional Scale for Dysphagia Paik Nj, Soo KI, Hwan K, Oh BM, Han TR. J Korean Acad Rehab Med. 2005; 29:43–49.
Massey BSS: The Massey Bedside Swallowing Screen Massey R, Jedicka D. J Neurosci Nurs 2002; 34:257–260.
3 non-VFG: Three non-VFG Test (Water+food test+ X ray) Tohara H, Saitoh E, Mays KA, Kuhlemeier K, Palmer JB. Dysphagia 2003; 18:126–134.
MISA: McGill Ingestive Skills Assessment Lambert HC, Gisel EG, Groher ME, Wood-Dauphinee S. Dysphagia 2003; 18:101–113.
DRACE: Dysphagia Risk Assessment for the Community Dwelling Elderly Miura H, Kariyasu M, Yamasaki K, Arai Y. J Oral Rehabil 2007; 34:422–427
SSA with water/pudding: Standardized Swallowing Assessment with water/pudding Marques CHD, de Rosso AL, Andre C. Topics in Stroke Rehabil 2008; 15:378–383.
MWST+cough test: Modified Water Swallowing Test+Cough Test Wakasugi Y, Tohara H, Hattori F, Motohashi Y, Nakane A, Goto S, Ouchi Y. Dysphagia 2008; 23:364–370.
Emergency Dept Dysphagia Screen Schrock JW Lou L, Ball BAW, Van Etten J. Am J Emerg Med. 2018; 36(12):2152–2154
NDST: Nursing Dysphagia Screening Tool Bravata DM, Daggett VS, Woodward –Hagg H, Damush TM, Plue L, Russell S, Allen G, Williams LS, Hareziak J, Chumbler NR. J Rehabil Res Dev 2009; 46:1127–1134
MEOF-II: Minimal Eating Observation Form II Westergren A, Lindholm C, Mattsson A, Ulander K. J Nutr Health Aging 2009; 13:6–12
ASDS: Acute -Stroke Dysphagia Screen Edmiaston J, Connor LT, Loehr L, Nassief A. Am J Crit Care 2010; 19:357–364
MMASA: Modified Mann Assessment of Swallowing Ability Antonios N, Carnaby-Mann G, Crary M, Miller L, Hubbard H, Hood K, Sambandam R, Xavier A, Silliman S. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2010; 19:49–57.
9- indicators: 9-Clinical Indicators of Dysphagia Boczko F. J Am Med Dir Ass 2006; 7:587–590