Application of multisensory stimulation combined with intermittent oroesophageal tube feeding in swallowing dis-orders of elderly stroke patients
LIU Li
HE Dong-mei
TANG Rong
Abstract：Objective To assess the effectiveness of multisensory stimulation combined with intermittent oroe-sophageal tube feeding in managing swallowing disorders among elderly stroke patients.Methods Stroke patients with swallowing disorders from February 2021 to October 2022 were randomly allocated into control group,observation group A,and observation group B.The control group received nasal gastric tube feeding on top of routine treatment;observation group A received intermittent oroesophageal tube feeding as an adjunct to routine treatment;observation group B,building upon observation group A,incorporated a multisensory stimulation protocol.The intervention duration for all three groups was 8 weeks.The study evaluated the Penetration-Aspiration Scale(PAS),Standard Swallowing Assessment(SSA),Swallowing Quality of Life Questionnaire(SWAL-QOL),body mass index(BMI),Nutritional Risk Screening 2002(NRS2002),and laryngopharyngeal complex movement examination(hyoid bone elevation distance,thyroid cartilage ele-vation distance,hyoid bone anterior movement distance,thyroid cartilage anterior movement distance)before and after the intervention.Results After 8 weeks of intervention,except for the SWAL-QOL score in the control group,the PAS score,SSA score,and SWAL-QOL score in the three groups showed improvement compared to pre-intervention levels(P＜0.05).Observation group B demonstrated a significant difference in the PAS test and a lower SSA score compared to the other two groups(P＜0.05),with a higher SWAL-QOL score than the control group(P＜0.05),and no significant difference from observation group A(P＞0.05).Regarding nutritional aspects,after 8 weeks of intervention,the BMI of all three groups increased compared to pre-intervention levels,and NRS2002 decreased(P＜0.05).In the intergroup comparison,there was no significant difference in BMI among the three groups(P＞0.05).Concerning NRS2002,obser-vation group A and observation group B had lower scores than the control group(P＜0.05),with no significant difference between observation group A and observation group B(P＞0.05).In the laryngopharyngeal complex movement examina-tion,after 8 weeks of intervention,except for the hyoid bone elevation distance in the control group,all other distances in the three groups increased compared to pre-intervention levels(P＜0.05).Observation group B had higher values than the other two groups in hyoid bone elevation distance and hyoid bone anterior movement distance(P＜0.05),and only higher values than the control group in thyroid cartilage anterior movement distance and thyroid cartilage elevation dis-tance,with no significant difference from observation group A(P＞0.05).Conclusion The application of multisensory stimulation combined with intermittent oroesophageal tube feeding in stroke patients with swallowing disorders demonstrates improvements in swallowing function and enhances overall quality of life.Further research in this domain is warranted.
Keywords：multisensory stimulationintermittent oroesophageal tube feeding methodstrokeswallowing disor-ders
Publication Date：2024-02-28
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：6( 225-230 )