Evaluating the feasibility and acceptability of SOS Dysphagia: Brief educational interventions for adult patients with oropharyngeal dysphagia and their informal caregivers. - 2025
Evaluating the feasibility and acceptability of SOS Dysphagia: Brief educational interventions for adult patients with oropharyngeal dysphagia and their informal caregivers.
Ghaddar, Zahieh; Matar, Nayla; Diep, Anh Nguyetet al.
2025 • In International Journal of Speech‐Language Pathology, p. 1 - 16
Evaluating the feasibility and acceptability of SOS Dysphagia Brief educational interventions for adult patients with oropharyngeal dysphagia and the.pdf
feasibility study; informal caregiver; oropharyngeal dysphagia; patient education; patient with oropharyngeal dysphagia; speech-language pathologists; Research and Theory; Otorhinolaryngology; Language and Linguistics; LPN and LVN; Speech and Hearing
Abstract :
[en] [en] PURPOSE: The study aims to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of SOS Dysphagia, an educational tool used by speech-language pathologists for patients with oropharyngeal dysphagia and their informal caregivers in Lebanon.
METHOD: SOS Dysphagia was developed to provide six educational activities, educational tools, and handouts targeting oropharyngeal dysphagia patients and their informal caregivers. Twelve speech-language pathologists delivered SOS Dysphagia to 33 patients and their informal caregivers. Participants completed questionnaires for feasibility and acceptability.
RESULT: Participants completed questionnaires. All patients and informal caregivers were satisfied following educational activity sheets used by the speech-language patholoigst. Thirty-nine percent "totally agreed", and 60.7% "agreed" that the information received during the administration of the educational activities to be easily applicable in their daily life. Among patients and informal caregivers, 48.2% "totally agreed" and 51.8% "agreed" that the readability of the written material was adequate. All speech-language pathologists reported positive acceptability and 100% used only the tools and resources proposed in SOS Dysphagia to complete the educational activity sheets.
CONCLUSION: The feasibility study demonstrates the participants' acceptability of SOS Dysphagia by showing satisfaction after its usage. Further research is needed to continue this study on the remaining SOS Dysphagia material targeting more speech-language pathologists, other health care professionals, and more patients and informal caregivers.
Disciplines :
Public health, health care sciences & services
Author, co-author :
Ghaddar, Zahieh ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Santé publique : de la Biostatistique à la Promotion de la Santé ; Department of Higher Institute of Speech and Language Therapy, Saint Joseph University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
Matar, Nayla ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences de la santé publique > Education thérapeutique du patient au service des soins intégrés ; Department of Higher Institute of Speech and Language Therapy, Saint Joseph University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon ; Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Centre Hotel-Dieu de France, Affiliated to Saint-Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon
Diep, Anh Nguyet ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Santé publique : de la Biostatistique à la Promotion de la Santé
Kirkove, Delphine ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Santé publique : de la Biostatistique à la Promotion de la Santé
Tohmé, Aline; Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, University Hospital Centre Hotel-Dieu de France, Affiliated to Saint-Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon
Pétré, Benoît ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences de la santé publique > Education thérapeutique du patient au service des soins intégrés
Language :
English
Title :
Evaluating the feasibility and acceptability of SOS Dysphagia: Brief educational interventions for adult patients with oropharyngeal dysphagia and their informal caregivers.
Publication date :
10 June 2025
Journal title :
International Journal of Speech‐Language Pathology
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