L6 Screening Flashcards
Define Symptom:
An observation felt or described by the patient
Define Sign:
An observation made by an examiner.
Define Complication:
Signs and symptoms that result due to treatments
If a patient says they have trouble chewing this is an example of a ________
symptom
Abnormalities seen on clinical or VF exams are an example of a ______
sign
_______ predicts the presence of a disease. It is defined by CASLPO as a process where a member applies certain measures that are designed to
identify patients who may have a disorder[s], for the sole purpose of determining the patient’s need for a speech language pathology assessment.
Screening
________ is an example of a screening test
Burke Screening Test
_________ predicts the presence or absence of a non-observable disease or determines the presence of an observable disease.
Clincial evaluation
________ is used to determine the presence of oral, pharyngeal and upper esophageal dysphagia.
Instrumental Evaluation
How does CASLPO define Screening:
a process where a member applies certain measures that are designed to identify patients who may have a disorder[s], for the sole purpose of determining the patient’s need for a speech language pathology assessment
T or F: Inadvertently noticing an issue with swallowing is the same as a screening
False
List 7 characteristics of a screening:
1) Informal
2) Administration by a team member
3) Non invasive
4) Non technical
5) Results quickly interpretable
6) Reliable
7) Accurate
What are the two questions answered by a screening?
1) High likelihood for dysphagia (including
aspiration) ?
2) Is patient candidate for further testing?
Who selects a dysphagia screening tool?
SLP
When selecting the screening tool the SLP asks themself:
- purpose
- target population
- who designed it and when
- validated
- sample size
- population validated for
- Sensitivity, Specificity and Likelihood Ratio scores and how does it compare to other screening tools
- reliability?
- country designed in?
- extent of training required and by whom?
- Positives and negatives of tool.
- Level of evidence of tool.. (1, 2, 3)
Describe the three levels of evidence:
Level 1 - at least one prospective, randomized controlled study has found the intervention to be effective.
Level 2 - one non-randomized cohort comparison, multicentre case-study series, or chronological series has found the intervention to be effective. Evidence may also be part of extraordinary results from randomized clinical trials.
Level 3 - Canadian professional association guidelines, standard practice in other jurisdictions, descriptive studies, reports of an expert committee, collective experience of a consensus panel, or expert
opinion have judged the intervention to be effective.”
What is the best level of evidence?
Level 1