Table 4 The percentages and comparison among the participants in different specialties regarding their responses about problems agreed to be complications of dysphagia
From: The awareness and knowledge of dysphagia among health care practitioners in Egypt
| Â | All (N%) | Internal medicine (N=26) | Specialties with lower contact with dysphagia cases (N=99) | Pediatrics (N=8) | Neurology (N=23) | Physiotherapy (N=32) | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Increased mortality | 73 (38.8%) | 6 (23.1%) | 27 (27.3%) | 5 (62.5%) | 13 (56.5%) | 22 (68.8%) | *<0.0001 |
Pneumonia | 127 (67.6%) | 19 (73.1%) | 57 (57.6%) | 8 (100%) | 20 (87%) | 23 (71.9%) | *0.01 |
Anaphylactic shock | 9 (4.8%) | 2 (7.7%) | 4 (4%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 3 (9.4%) | 0.49 |
General weakness | 94 (50%) | 14 (53.8%) | 52 (52.5%) | 4 (50%) | 8 (34.8%) | 32 (100%) | 0.64 |
Problems with digestion | 82 (43.6%) | 16 (61.5%) | 42 (42.4%) | 4 (50%) | 4 (17.4%) | 16 (50%) | *0.026 |
Aspiration | 131 (69.7%) | 19 (73.1%) | 60 (60.6%) | 7 (87.5%) | 20 (87%) | 25 (78.1%) | 0.054 |
Dehydration | 86 (45.7%) | 12 (46.2%) | 37 (37.4%) | 3 (37.5%) | 19 (82.6%) | 15 (46.9%) | *0.003 |
Chest pain | 52 (27.7%) | 10 (38.5%) | 31 (31.3%) | 3 (37.5%) | 1 (4.3%) | 7 (21.9%) | *0.028 |
Malnutrition | 147 (78.2%) | 19 (73.1%) | 79 (79.8%) | 8 (100%) | 15 (56.2%) | 26 (81.3%) | 0.28 |
Hematemesis | 10 (5.3%) | 3 (11.5%) | 4 (4%) | 1 (12.5%) | 1 (4.3%) | 1 (3.1%) | 0.32 |