Swallowing Assessment in Parkinson ’s Disease: Patient and Investigator Reported Outcome Measures are not Aligned

alwin shared this article with you from Inoreader Swallowing Assessment in Parkinson 's Disease: Patient and Investigator Reported Outcome Measures are not Aligned Via Dysphagia This study determines the relationship between patient and investigator reported outcome measures (PROMs versus IROMs) on oropharyngeal dysphagia (OD) in Parkinson 's disease (PD). The PROMs used are the MD Anderson Dysphagia Inventory (MDADI) and the Dysphagia Severity Scale (DSS). The IROMs used are fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES) and videofluoroscopy of swallowing (VFS). Ninety dysphagic PD patients were included. Multilayer perceptr on (MLP) neural network analysis was used to investigate the relationship between PROMs and IROMs on OD in PD. MLP neural network analysis showed a moderate agreement between PROMs and IROMs, with an area under the curve between 0.6 and 0.7. Two-step cluster analysis revealed several clusters of pat ients with similar scores on FEES ... View on the web Inoreader. Take back control of your news feed. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook.