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. 2021 Jun 3;12(5):1045–1055. doi: 10.1007/s41999-021-00506-3

Table 3.

Implementation of prevention bundle components

Bundle component All Usual care Intervention P value
Number of participants 123 64 59
Dysphagia
 Not screened 50 (40.7%) 49 (76.6%) 1 (1.7%)  < 0.001
 Screened 73 (59.3%) 15 (23.4%) 58 (98.3%)
  No dysphagia 39 (31.7%) 2 (3.1%) 37 (62.7%)
  Present 34 (27.6%) 13 (20.3%) 21 (35.6%)
   Cognitive dysphagia 2 1 1
   Mild dysphagia 21 8 13
   Mild-to-moderate 6 2 4
   Moderate 1 0 1
   Presbyphagia 4 2 2
Oral hygiene 53 (43.1%) 0 (0.0%) 53 (89.8%)
 Adherence to mouthwash 23 (38.9%)
Bed tilt 58 (47.2%) 0 (0.0%) 58 (98.3%)
Vaccinations during study
 Influenza 42 (34.1%) 11 (17.2) 32 (54.5%)  < 0.001
 Pneumococcal
  PPSV23 1 (0.8%) 0 (0.0%) 1 (1.7%) 0.48
  PCV13 43 (35.0%) 13 (20.3%) 30 (50.8%)  < 0.001

PPSV23 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine, PCV13 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine