Role of Health Education in the Semipresential Logopedic Treatment of the Patient With Oropharyngeal Dysphagia

Role of Health Education in the Semipresential Logopedic Treatment of the Patient With Oropharyngeal Dysphagia

When reviewing the literature, the need to investigate the health education of patients with dysphagia and their family members / caregivers has been detected. Numerous articles mention or it can be inferred from them that an education or training has been carried out for the patient and caregivers, but the investigators have not found any that specifically focuses on this aspect of the intervention. Only in some Clinical Practice Guidelines is the need for health education included

Inclusion Criteria:

• People between 18 and 99 years old diagnosed by videofluoroscopy of oropharyngeal dysphagia and who are candidates for speech therapy treatment for this reason.
• Knowledge of the language sufficient to understand the audiovisual material on health education available at: logopediasantpau.wordpress.com
• Have the necessary technological tools to carry out the telematic processing (electronic device with Internet access and WhatsApp) and know how to use them or have a family member / direct caregiver with basic technological skills.
• Signature of the informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• Moderate or severe cognitive impairment already known from the medical history or evaluated with the MoCA test in the absence of a family member or caregiver.
• Having undergone speech therapy treatment for oropharyngeal dysphagia in the last year.
• Not signing the informed consent.