Prevalência mundial de disfagia orofaríngea e rastreio para risco de broncoaspiração em ambiente hospitalar à população idosa

Abstract

Purpose: The objective of this study was to validate the Multiprofessional Screening Instrument for Bronchoaspiration Risk in Hospital Environment which is aimed at the elderly population, based on response processes. Method: The instrument was applied by judges to different patients and randomly selected. After the application, the judges were interviewed so that it was possible to verify their impression regarding the relevance of the items regarding their interpretation of the written content, as well as grammatical and semantic issues. Suggestions for adding alternative questions and answers were considered, as well as proposals for adapting the questions that made up the instrument. Non-verbal reactions, such as facial expressions that suggested doubts or hesitations, on the part of the judges, in relation to the instrument, were also analyzed. Results: The agreement of the judges in relation to each item of the device was calculated by the Content Validity Index (CVI) and by the Intraclass Correlation Coefficient (ICC), and their results showed a high level of agreement. Through the suggestions of the judges, a new version of the Multiprofessional Screening Instrument for the Risk of Bronchoaspiration in a Hospital Environment in the Elderly was elaborated. Conclusion: The results obtained showed that the validity of the Multiprofessional Instrument for Screening the Risk of Bronchoaspiration in the Hospital Environment with the elderly population, based on the response processes, was achieved and makes it a promising device to assist professionals in hospital care for the elderly.