http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/11 Sat, 04 Jul 2026 17:38:32 GMT 2026-07-04T17:38:32Z http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1313 Quality of life & quality of care among post stroke dysphagia Milva, Mahfuja Zaman Stroke is a health problem, it is major cause of mortality and morbidity in the developed and developing world and also one of the main cause of adult acquired complications including Dysphagia. But, still there is no study in Bangladesh about the QOL among dysphagic patients after stroke. This study represents the QOL & QOC among post stroke dysphagia which aim is to determine the Dysphagia related QOL & QOC after stroke. This is a quantitative type of cross sectional survey study where 69 samples were assigned purposively from 2 setting in CRP. The SWAL-QOL & SWAL-CARE questionnaire was used for the study. Data was analyzed by using descriptive statistical analysis (SPSS= Statistics package for social science) method. Among the 69 participants majority of participants were male. The majority of the age of the participants 36.2% were in the age range of 51-60 years. Majority of participants 71% took longer time at the time of eating. 69.6% patients showed cough when they eat and 62.3% chocked at the time of drinking liquids. 71% participants faced difficulty to understand meaning and 87% don not go out to eat because of SP. In QOC 100% participants were satisfied with the Therapists care. All participants declared that SLT gave them all advice which they needed and SLT discussed about their treatment strategies with the participants. SLT gave them advice on the food/ liquids and the techniques to help get food down & help avoid chocking. This study might create a new field for Speech and language therapist to work with stroke patient who suffered from swallowing difficulties. By knowing the quality of life & quality of care among dysphagia related stroke patients then find out the difficulties among their lifestyle and impact on it. This will help to improve treatment procedure and patient can take treatment in different aspects which are really needed for develop patient condition. Key words: Dysphagia, QOL, QOC, Stroke This dissertation is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Speech and Language Therapy, Bangladesh Health Professions Institute, Faculty of Medicine, the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Fri, 15 Feb 2019 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1313 2019-02-15T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1312 Impact of swallowing difficulties of children with CP on caregivers Nahreen, Kazi Taiyeba Noor People who are engaged with caregiving faces difficulties in their livelihood in all spheres such as daily life activities, social communication, feels stress and burden due to caregiving. When it comes to caregiving the Cerebral Palsy child with swallowing difficulties the burden becomes more because hunger is a basic need and feeding is very crucial for every human being. Feeding a CP child with SD is more tough as sometimes their muscle tone and posture does not allow them to maintain their posture, they may have choking, drooling, aspiration in mealtime. So, this mealtime becomes stressful for both caregiver and the child. The main porpuse of the study was to explore the impact on caregivers life who have CP child with SD. To find out the impact on their daily life activities, their worry about the child, their difficulties in feeding the child. Quantitative research method was chosen by the investigator and used cross – sectional survey to meet the study aim as an effective way to collect data. The study was conducted by using Feeding/ Swallowing Impact Survey (FS/IS) tool among 150 participants with different types of caregivers at CRP, Savar. In context of Bangladesh, females are the caregivers of their CP child. Data analysis revealed that the participants had difficulties at different components according to the FS/IS tool. Most of the participant had barriers in daily life activities, depression and difficulty in feeding Professionals working with feeding and swallowing: Speech and Language Therapists need to remain alert to the caregivers as well as their CP patients with SD because their life quality will be improved by increasing the life quality of their caregivers. This dissertation is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Speech and Language Therapy, Bangladesh Health Professions Institute, Faculty of Medicine, the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh Fri, 15 Feb 2019 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1312 2019-02-15T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1311 Voice after stroke Sotota, Jerina Rimmin This dissertation is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Speech and Language Therapy, Bangladesh Health Professions Institute, Faculty of Medicine, the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Fri, 15 Feb 2019 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1311 2019-02-15T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1310 Perception regarding challenging behavior among children with down syndrome Mim, Hazera Khatun Title: “SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS’ PERCEPTION REGARDING CHALLENGING BEHAVIOR AMONG CHILDREN WITH DOWN SYNDROME”. The main objective of the study is to find out special education teacher’s perception regarding challenging behavior of children with Down syndrome. The study is based on a phenomenological qualitative research design paradigm. More than 2 years experienced teachers’ were the participants in this study. In this study 10 samples were selected using a purposive (non-probability) sampling technique in accordance with the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Face-to-face, semi structured open-ended interviews were conducted with transcripts and electronic voice recordings taken for further analysis. Content analysis specifically focused on keywords and themes was used to initially summary the data for later analysis. The results indicated that a significant majority of teachers’ did not have an understanding of challenging behavior’s although they mentioned some initiative which they have taken for handling the children with down syndrome with challenging behavior. No teachers in the study were able to describe and provide names of more complex and long-term initiatives commonly used to manage challenging behaviors. All participant believe that behavior is a form of communication and those children were often trying to communicate a message through their behaviors. 8 out of 10 participants had taken part in training. The training was on communication basically. Some short term training they have done on SLT also. 2 participant didn’t take part in the training. But very few people had concept about Speech and Language Therapy but not so clear. The results indicate that further training of teachers’ is necessary in the areas understanding challenging behaviors. The study also highlights the need for Speech and Language Therapy to promote their services and develop an understanding on SLT. SLT can help them by enriching their knowledge on initiatives taken for CB and also gather more specific knowledge about DS Keywords: Challenging Behavior, Initiatives, Down syndrome, SLT This dissertation is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Speech and Language Therapy, Bangladesh Health Professions Institute, Faculty of Medicine, the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Fri, 15 Feb 2019 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1310 2019-02-15T00:00:00Z