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

Tracking Information

First Received Date ^ICMJE

August 30, 2005

Last Updated Date

September 7, 2006

Start Date ^ICMJE

October 2002

Primary Completion Date

Current Primary Outcome Measures ^ICMJE

Original Primary Outcome Measures ^ICMJE

Change History

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Current Secondary Outcome Measures ^ICMJE

Original Secondary Outcome Measures ^ICMJE

Descriptive Information

Brief Title ^ICMJE

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

Official Title ^ICMJE

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

Brief 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.

Detailed Description

Study Phase

Study Type ^ICMJE

Observational

Study Design ^ICMJE

Screening, Cross-Sectional, Defined Population, Prospective Study

Condition ^ICMJE

Cerebrovascular Accident
Deglutition Disorders

Intervention ^ICMJE

Device: Toronto Bedside Swallowing Screening Test (TOR-BSST)

Study Arms / Comparison Groups

Publications *

* Includes publications given by the data provider as well as publications identified by National Clinical Trials Identifier (NCT ID) in Medline.

Recruitment Information

Recruitment Status ^ICMJE

Completed

Enrollment ^ICMJE

315

Completion Date

Primary Completion Date

Eligibility Criteria ^ICMJE

Inclusion Criteria:

patients with a new diagnosis of brainstem or cerebellar stroke
patients with a new diagnosis of cortical stroke with NIH Stroke Scale score of 4 or above

Exclusion Criteria:

patients with a previous history of stroke with dysphagia
patients with a confirmed history of Parkinson's, Parkinsonian Syndrome, ALS, MSA, MS, dementia, or other neurodegenerative disease
patients with a history of cranial neurosurgery
patients with a known previous or current oropharyngeal dysphagia due to structural or neurological cause
patients with active COPD or current pneumonia

Gender

Both

Ages

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Contacts ^ICMJE

Contact information is only displayed when the study is recruiting subjects

Location Countries ^ICMJE

Canada

Administrative Information

NCT ID ^ICMJE

NCT00141752

Responsible Party

Study ID Numbers ^ICMJE

CSN II.10

Study Sponsor ^ICMJE

University Health Network, Toronto

Collaborators ^ICMJE

Canadian Stroke Network
Toronto Rehabilitation Institute
Parkwood Hospital, London, Ontario
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Hamilton Health Sciences

Investigators ^ICMJE

Principal Investigator:	Rosemary Martino, PhD	University of Toronto
Principal Investigator:	Nicholas E Diamant, MD	University Health Network, Toronto

Information Provided By

University Health Network, Toronto

Verification Date

January 2006

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