Table 6 Percentages and comparison among the participants in different specialties regarding the used swallowing tests or dysphagia investigations in their institute
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Water test | 44 (23.4%) | 3 (11.5%) | 15 (15.2%) | 1 (12.5%) | 18 (78.3%) | 7 (21.9%) | *<0.0001 |
Blue-dye test | 14 (7.4%) | 2 (7.7%) | 7 (7.1%) | 1 (12.5%) | 2 (8.7%) | 2 (6.25%) | 0.89 |
FEES | 50 (26.6%) | 8 (30.8%) | 11 (11.1%) | 3 (37.5%) | 16 (69.6%) | 12 (37.5%) | *<0.0001 |
VFSS/Modified Barium study | 36 (19.1%) | 6 (23.1%) | 14 (14.1%) | 0 (0%) | 6 (26.1%) | 10 (31.3%) | 0.1 |
Manometry | 30 (16%) | 7 (26.9%) | 18 (18.2%) | 3 (37.5%) | 1 (4.3%) | 1 (3.1%) | *0.012 |
Cine MRI | 11 (5.9%) | 3 (11.5%) | 5 (5.1%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (4.3%) | 2 (6.25%) | 0.74 |
SWAL-QOL | 5 (2.7%) | 0 (0%) | 4 (4%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (3.1%) | 0.93 |
EAT-10 | 5 (2.7%) | 0 (0%) | 3 (3%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (6.25%) | 0.6 |
Dysphagia handicap index | 8 (4.3%) | 2 (7.7%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (4.3%) | 5 (15.6%) | *0.002 |
Don’t know | 87 (46.3%) | 10 (38.5%) | 55 (55.6%) | 4 (50%) | 2 (8.7%) | 16 (50%) | *0.001 |