Quality of life & quality of care among post stroke dysphagia

Abstract

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