Table 1.
Summary of 39 cases with risk factors for oropharyngeal dysphagia.
| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| Age range, years | 28–98 |
| Sex, n | |
| Male | 18 |
| Female | 18 |
| Not reported | 3 |
| Medical condition, n | |
| Advanced age | 10 |
| Cerebral palsy | 5 |
| Dementia (including Alzheimer's disease) | 7 |
| Down syndrome | 2 |
| Huntington's disease | 2 |
| Multiple sclerosis | 2 |
| Neurodegenerative disease, nonspecific | 3 |
| Parkinson's disease | 3 |
| Severe intellectual disability | 1 |
| Spina bifida | 1 |
| Stroke | 2 |
| Traumatic brain injury | 1 |
| Geographical location, n | |
| Europe | 32 |
| United States of America | 6 |
| Australia | 1 |
| Location of event, n | |
| Care home | 33 |
| Home/Car | 2 |
| Unknown | 4 |
| Person using device, n | |
| Nurse/other medical professional | 34 |
| Lay person | 3 |
| Unknown | 2 |
| No. of attempts, n | |
| 1 | 10 |
| 2 | 8 |
| 3+ | 16 |
| Unknown | 5 |
| Object removed, n | |
| Apple | 1 |
| Bread | 4 |
| Burger | 1 |
| Chicken | 5 |
| Chocolate | 1 |
| Coleslaw | 1 |
| French fries | 1 |
| Meat | 3 |
| Melon | 1 |
| Mushroom | 1 |
| Potato | 3 |
| Porridge | 1 |
| Rice | 1 |
| Saliva/Phlegm | 5 |
| Sandwich | 1 |
| Sausage | 2 |
| Tuna sandwich | 1 |
| Unknown | 6 |
| Patient consciousness, n | |
| Conscious | 17 |
| Unconscious | 15 |
| Unknown | 7 |