老年患者吞咽障碍筛查量表的研究进展

Research progress on dysphagia screening scale for the aged

吞咽障碍是老年人中普遍存在的疾病,可以导致严重并发症,如吸入性肺炎甚至窒息。因此,早期筛查吞咽障碍对老年人至关重要。本文对国内外老年人吞咽障碍筛查量表进行归纳总结,以期为临床工作者选择吞咽障碍筛查量表提供借鉴,同时为我国老年人吞咽障碍风险评估工具的研发提供思路。

Dysphagia is one of the widespread diseases in the aged which can lead to severe complications,such as aspiration pneumonia,even asphyxia.Therefore,early screening of dysphagia is vital for the aged.This paper reviewed the dysphagia screening scale for the aged at home and abroad so as to provide a reference for clinical workers to select the dysphagia screening scale and a thinking for the development of dysphagia risk assessment tools for the aged in China.