CHARACTERIZATION OF THE SWALLOWING FUNCTION ACCORDING TO THE ORAL INTAKE SCALE AND FUNCTIONALITY IN HOSPITALIZED STROKE PATIENTS
Stroke; Deglutition Disorders; Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences.
Characterize the swallowing function according to the oral intake scale and the functional independence measure of stroke patients admitted to a tertiary care hospital in the Federal District at the time of hospital admission and discharge. Methods: A descriptive, observational, longitudinal study with patients hospitalized for stroke in a tertiary referral hospital. Socio-demographic and clinical data were obtained from the electronic medical records and the patients were classified as dysphagic and non-dysphagic by the Functional Oral Intake Scale - FOIS at the time of admission and discharge. The degree of functionality was obtained through the functional independence measure - MIF The data were analyzed descriptively and inferentially. Results: Fifty-six patients participated in the study, most of them male. The frequency of dysphagia at admission was high, with a decrease at discharge. Patients with ischemic stroke in the left middle cerebral artery territory - LMCA were associated with the classification of dysphagia. At the time of discharge, patients with dysphagia present some degree of dependence in the FIM and there was an association between patients classified as non-dysphagic and complete independence. Conclusion: There is a decrease in the frequency of dysphagia at discharge when compared to admission. Dysphagic patients were the most dependent for daily activities, with longer hospitalization.