The Effectiveness of Fork-Mashable Dishes in Managing Older Patients with Mastication and Swallowing Impairments

The optimal textural properties and therapeutic effects of fork-Mashable dishes for hospitalized older patients with oropharyngeal dysphagia (OD) have not been adequately defined.

This study was supported by research grants from: Centro de Investigación en Red en Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd). Instituto de Salud Carlos III (CB06/04/1087). The Agency for Management of University and Research Grants (AGAUR). Generalitat de Catalunya. Ajuts per donar suport a l’activitat científica dels grups de recerca de Catalunya (SGR-Cat 2021): 2021 SGR 01344. Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Grant: PI22/01101; and co-funded by the European Union (FEDER funds). Government of Catalunya-Generalitat de Catalunya within the framework of the European Regional Developments Funds of Catalonia Operational Programme 2014–2020. The Territorial Competitiveness Specialization Project (PECT) of Mataro-Maresme: PRE/161/2019. The transformative project “Implantació d’un protocol d’innovació assistencial pel maneig de disfàgia orofaríngia:cribratge sistemàtic i protocol·lització del tractament compensatori (Disfàgia Orofaríngia)”, with code PT-092023-CSC, is promoted and funded by ServeiCatalà de la Salut and is part of the transformative projects of SISCAT with non-finalist affected funds (FANF). The content of this publication reflects only the opinions of the authors. CatSalut is not responsible for the use that may be made of the information contained herein. Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (MICINN). Proyectos DE I+D+i: PID2020-117016 RB-100. Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (MICINN). Predoctoral Fellowship (FPI) (Kovan Ismael): PRE2021-09699. Spanish Ministry of Science Innovation and universities (MICIU). Severo Ochoa Centre of Excellence and accreditation for financial assistance: CEX2021-001189-S/MICIU/AEI/10.13039/501100011033. This work has been conducted within the framework of a doctoral thesis of the Surgery and Morphological Sciences Department of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.

With funding from the Spanish government through the ‘Severo Ochoa Centre of Excellence’ accreditation (CEX2021-001189-S)

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