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What is Swallow Evaluation?

The initial swallow test is simple. The person is given a few teaspoons of water to drink. If they can swallow this without choking and coughing, they are asked to swallow half a glass of water. If they have any difficulties with swallowing, they will be referred to the speech and language therapist

Reasons had & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons had # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Other 2 0
Treat my MSA 2 0
difficulty swallowing (occasionally) 1 0

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Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
0 0%
Usually
0 0%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
0 0%
Not at all
0 0%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
0 0%

Report created on November 21, 2009.