Toronto Bedside Swallowing Screening Test (TOR-BSST) - A Bedside Swallowing Screening for Stroke Patients

Summary

This research will assess the accuracy of the Toronto Bedside Swallowing Screening Test (TOR-BSST), a new dysphagia screening test for patients with stroke. The purpose of the TOR-BSST is to predict the presence of dysphagia in stroke patients across their continuum of care in a simple and efficient manner. This initial research will assess the accuracy of the TOR-BSST in the acute and rehabilitative settings using videofluoroscopy as the gold standard for comparison. The results from this research will also assess the stability of the TOR-BSST across nursing, its primary user, and generate an estimate for the prevalence of dysphagia in adult stroke patients in the acute and rehabilitative settings. Participants in this research will be 315 stroke patients from several teaching centres in Ontario, namely 105 acute patients from the University Health Network, Sunnybrook \& Women's College Health Sciences Centre, and Hamilton General Hospital, and 210 patients in the rehabilitation setting from the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute and Parkwood Hospital, London. Both the TOR-BSST and videofluoroscopic assessment will be administered within 24 hours of each other and interpreted according to published preferred practice guidelines for dysphagia. This research will be the first to implement and assess a standardised method for screening for dysphagia in stroke patients across the continuum of stroke recovery.

Conditions

• Cerebrovascular Accident
• Deglutition Disorders

Interventions

DEVICE

Toronto Bedside Swallowing Screening Test (TOR-BSST)

Toronto Bedside Swallowing Screening Test

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Canadian Stroke Network

  collaborator OTHER

• Toronto Rehabilitation Institute

  collaborator OTHER

• Parkwood Hospital, London, Ontario

  collaborator OTHER

• Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

  collaborator OTHER

• Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation

  collaborator OTHER

• University Health Network, Toronto

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Rosemary Martino, PhD · University of Toronto

• Nicholas E Diamant, MD · University Health Network, Toronto

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2002-10-31

Primary Completion

2006-12-31

Countries

• Canada

Study Locations