Dysphagia Management in Iran: Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Healthcare Providers

Despite the remarkable burden of dysphagia, appropriate multidisciplinary management is lacking in Iran and patients are often deprived of effective treatments. Obtaining a full understanding of knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) of healthcare providers is necessary to determine the gaps in impr...

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Published in:Dysphagia 2019-02, Vol.34 (1), p.105-111
Main Authors: Farpour, Sima, Farpour, Hamid Reza, Smithard, David, Kardeh, Bahareh, Ghazaei, Fatemeh, Zafarghasempour, Mohsen
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Attitude of Health Personnel
Attitudes
Care and treatment
Deglutition disorders
Deglutition Disorders - psychology
Deglutition Disorders - therapy
Disease management
Dysphagia
Female
Gastroenterology
Health care industry
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Health Personnel - psychology
Hepatology
Hospitals
Humans
Imaging
Iran
Knowledge
Male
Medical care
Medical personnel
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Original Article
Otorhinolaryngology
Patients
Quality management
Quality of Health Care
Radiology
Surveys
Surveys and Questionnaires
Swallowing
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Summary:Despite the remarkable burden of dysphagia, appropriate multidisciplinary management is lacking in Iran and patients are often deprived of effective treatments. Obtaining a full understanding of knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) of healthcare providers is necessary to determine the gaps in improvement of the quality of care for dysphagic patients. A questionnaire was designed covering demographic information and the parameters of KAP. Face and content validity were determined. Test–retest reliability confirmed that the questionnaire scores are stable over time ( r  = 0.77, p value 
ISSN:0179-051X
1432-0460
DOI:10.1007/s00455-018-9919-2