Validation of the Deglutition Handicap Index-Informal Caregiver questionnaire.

DHI; Dysphagia; Hetero-assessment; Informal caregiver; Swallowing; Validation; Humans; Male; Female; Prospective Studies; Middle Aged; Surveys and Questionnaires; Aged; Quality of Life; Reproducibility of Results; Adult; Psychometrics; Aged, 80 and over; Deglutition Disorders/diagnosis; Deglutition Disorders/psychology; Deglutition Disorders/physiopathology; Caregivers/psychology; Disability Evaluation; Caregivers; Deglutition Disorders; Surgery; Otorhinolaryngology

Abstract :

[en] [en] BACKGROUND: The Deglutition Handicap Index-Informal Caregiver (DHI-IC) questionnaire is a dysphagia assessment tool derived from the psychometrically validated Deglutition Handicap Index (DHI) self-reported dysphagia questionnaire in French. Like the DHI, the DHI-IC comprises 30 items, in 3 equal domains: Physical, Functional and Emotional. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A prospective study included 61 patients and 61 caregivers recruited from an ENT clinic dedicated to dysphagia. OBJECTIVES: To validate the DHI-IC as an assessment tool and to compare results with the DHI and swallowing endoscopy. CONCLUSIONS: The DHI-IC, like the DHI, showed good internal consistency. The results indicate that it is an appropriate tool for assessing functional status, health and quality of life related to dysphagia in patients via caregiver reporting.

Disciplines :

Otolaryngology

Author, co-author :

Malgorn, V; Université de Liège, Liège, Belgium

Dupont, L; Centre Hospitalier Régional de Huy, Huy, Belgium

Poncelet, Mélanie ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Logopédie > Logopédie des troubles de la voix

Lieffrig, Lorraine ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Logopédie > Logopédie des troubles de la voix

Lagier, Aude ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Unités de recherche interfacultaires > Research Unit for a life-Course perspective on Health and Education (RUCHE)

Language :

English

Title :

Validation of the Deglutition Handicap Index-Informal Caregiver questionnaire.

Publication date :

September 2025

Journal title :

European Annals of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Diseases

ISSN :

1879-7296

eISSN :

1879-730X

Publisher :

Elsevier Masson s.r.l., France

Volume :

142

Issue :

Pages :

233 - 237

Peer reviewed :

Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

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