Dysphagia assessment in patients with multiple sclerosis – an additional piece to disability burden
Dysphagia affects up to 56% of MS patients. The SDQ questionnaire is useful for identifying dysphagia, which can help in capturing disease progression and preventing complications like aspiration pneumonia. The SDQ-EDSS was higher than the native-EDSS, reflecting the poor ability of the native-EDSS to evaluate certain symptoms such as dysphagia. The SDQ correlated with depressive symptoms, which are associated with a greater perception of MS symptoms, and poor sleep quality, which could be associated with the triggering of pathogenic mechanisms responsible for disease progression.
Authors
- Cristina Di Monaco
- Fabrizia Falco (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4585-1867)
- Maria Petracca (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9429-2769)
- Roberta Lanzillo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6388-8180)
- Antonio Carotenuto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1574-9693)
- Federica Lamagna (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-4637-4061)
- Martina Eliano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-0860-1279)
- Marcello Moccia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2613-3090)
- Valerio Nicolella (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0756-9877)
- Vincenzo Brescia Morra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0462-9618)
- Davide Ranucci
- Laura Migliaccio
- Federica Caracciolo
Institutions
- University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" (IT)
- Federico II University Hospital (IT)
- University of Naples Federico II (IT)
- Sapienza University of Rome (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology
- Published
- 2024-09-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/acn3.52206
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Dysphagia Assessment and Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.62