Oropharyngeal dysphagia fulfils all the criteria proposed for geriatric syndromes: high prevalence in older persons at different settings, combination of various symptoms, interaction and common risk factors with other geriatric syndromes such as older age, cognitive and functional impairment, association with impaired clinical outcomes, and need of a multicomponent intervention, as it is shown in this chapter with a summary of current evidence.
Oropharyngeal dysphagia as a geriatric syndrome
Masiero S.
2024
Abstract
Oropharyngeal dysphagia fulfils all the criteria proposed for geriatric syndromes: high prevalence in older persons at different settings, combination of various symptoms, interaction and common risk factors with other geriatric syndromes such as older age, cognitive and functional impairment, association with impaired clinical outcomes, and need of a multicomponent intervention, as it is shown in this chapter with a summary of current evidence.
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