TY - JOUR
T1 - Interaction between decline of swallowing and cognitive function in MND
AU - Francis, Rebecca
AU - Attrill, Stacie
AU - Cock, Charles
AU - Doeltgen, Sebastian
PY - 2019/12/5
Y1 - 2019/12/5
N2 - Dysphagia (swallowing impairment) occurs in nearly all people with MND as the disease progresses (¹). Dysphagia significantly affects patient health through weight loss, dehydration, malnutrition, and respiratory compromise, increasing caregiver burden and reducing quality of life. The MND Australia Research Priorities Survey (²) highlights dysphagia as the 2nd highest research priority for management and care. In addition, nearly half of people with MND experience mild to severe cognitive and/or behavioural changes (³), which are associated with shortened survival, impaired decision making and reduced adherence to treatment strategies. Emerging evidence suggests cognitive changes may impact on a person’s ability to recognise and, therefore, manage dysphagia, eg. due to a lack of awareness of swallowing decline or sensorimotor deficits resulting in undetected (silent) aspiration (¹,4).
AB - Dysphagia (swallowing impairment) occurs in nearly all people with MND as the disease progresses (¹). Dysphagia significantly affects patient health through weight loss, dehydration, malnutrition, and respiratory compromise, increasing caregiver burden and reducing quality of life. The MND Australia Research Priorities Survey (²) highlights dysphagia as the 2nd highest research priority for management and care. In addition, nearly half of people with MND experience mild to severe cognitive and/or behavioural changes (³), which are associated with shortened survival, impaired decision making and reduced adherence to treatment strategies. Emerging evidence suggests cognitive changes may impact on a person’s ability to recognise and, therefore, manage dysphagia, eg. due to a lack of awareness of swallowing decline or sensorimotor deficits resulting in undetected (silent) aspiration (¹,4).
KW - Swallowing
KW - Cognitive
KW - Motor Neurone Disease
KW - genetic counselling
KW - FALS
KW - genetic testing
UR - https://symposium.mndassociation.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Programme-FINAL-LOW-RES-FOR-WEBSITE.pdf
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85074721672&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/21678421.2019.1647002
DO - 10.1080/21678421.2019.1647002
M3 - Meeting Abstract
SN - 2167-8421
VL - 20
SP - 338
JO - Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration
JF - Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration
IS - Supp 1
T2 - 30th International Symposium on ALS/MND 2019
Y2 - 4 December 2019 through 6 December 2019
ER -