A percepção da qualidade de vida do idoso disfágico após intervenção fonoaudiológica / Perceived quality of life of the dysphagic elderly after swallowing therapy intervention
This objective of this study was to identify in the percevedi quality of life of dysphagic elderly after swallowingtherapy intervention. This is a prospective longitudinal case study of quantitative analysis, carried out whith 4 patients referred to a SpeechTherapy service in a reference hospital for elderly health in the city of Curitiba, who complained of dysphagia, and answered the SWAL-QOL protocol before and after a rehabilitation program. The mean scores were calculated in the 11 domains of the protocol in the two moments of the study, and the results were analyzed. Of the 11 domains evaluated by the protocol, 9 showed an increase in the mean score after therapy. Therefore, it was found that deglutitionrehabilitation for dysphagic elderlypatients may contribute to change the perception of the quality of life related to dysphagia. However, more research is needed in the area, and with a greater number of individuals. (AU)