Reliability of the 100 mL water swallow test in patients with head and neck cancer and healthy subjects

Jorine A Vermaire; Chris H J Terhaard; Irma M Verdonck-de Leeuw; Cornelis P J Raaijmakers; Caroline M Speksnijder

doi:10.1002/hed.26723

Reliability of the 100 mL water swallow test in patients with head and neck cancer and healthy subjects

Jorine A Vermaire
, Chris H J Terhaard
, Irma M Verdonck-de Leeuw
, Cornelis P J Raaijmakers
, Caroline M Speksnijder

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BACKGROUND: Dysphagia may occur in up to 44% of patients with head and neck cancer (HNC) treated with radiation therapy and up to 84% of patients treated with surgery. To test the extent of dysphagia, the 100 mL water swallow test (WST) was developed. In this study, reliability of the 100 mL WST was determined in patients with HNC and healthy subjects.

METHODS: Thirty-three patients and 40 healthy subjects performed the WST twice on the same day. To assess reliability, the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC2,1 ), standard error of measurement, smallest detectable change, and limits of agreement were calculated.

RESULTS: Good to excellent correlations were found for patients with HNC (number of swallows; ICC = 0.923, duration; ICC = 0.893), and excellent correlations for healthy subjects (number of swallows; ICC = 0.950, duration; ICC = 0.916).

CONCLUSION: The 100 mL WST has a good to excellent reliability in patients with HNC and healthy subjects.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2468-2476
Number of pages	9
Journal	Head & neck
Volume	43
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/hed.26723
Publication status	Published - Aug 2021

Keywords

Deglutition Disorders/diagnosis
Head and Neck Neoplasms
Healthy Volunteers
Humans
Reproducibility of Results
Water
swallowing
100 mL water swallow test
head and neck cancer
reliability
dysphagia

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