1Researcher, Department of Healthcare and Public Health Research, National Rehabilitation Research Institute, National Rehabilitation Center, Republic of Korea
2Researcher, Research Institute for convergence of Biomedical Science and Technology, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Republic of Korea
3Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy, Semyung University, Republic of Korea
*Corresponding Author: Jin-Hwa Jung, Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy, Semyung University, Republic of Korea. Email: otsalt@nate.com
Online published on 24 April, 2019.
The aim of present study was to examine the effect of orofacial muscle exercise programs on swallowing function with smartphone video as well as satisfaction with outcome in sub-acute stroke patients with dysphagia.
We enrolledsub-acute phase of sixteen stroke patients with dysphagia. The participants were randomly assigned to the study group (orofacial muscle exercise program using smartphone video) orcontrol (paper-based orofacial muscles exercise program). All subjects completed their prescribed orofacial muscle exercise programs 20 min/day, 3 times per week, for 4 weeks. The outcome measures were the FDS(Functional Dysphagia Scale), PAS (Penetration-Aspiration Scale) and VASS(Visual Analog Satisfaction Scale).Main analysis was Mann-Whitney U test for comparison between groups.
After intervention, there were no significant differences in swallowing function between the two groups. Nevertheless, in study group satisfactionwas significantly higher than that of the control group.
Authors suggest that orofacial muscle exercise programs using smartphone can have a more positive impact on satisfaction than can paper-based orofacial muscle exercise programs in sub-acute stroke patients with dysphagia.
Oral cavity, Stroke, Swallowing function, Dysphagia, Swallowing disorder
