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Nurses’ management of stroke-related oropharyngeal dysphagia in a rural province of South Africa
Dissertation (MA (Speech-Language Pathology))--University of Pretoria, 2019.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/97483 Nurses’ management of stroke-related oropharyngeal dysphagia in a rural province of South Africa Kruger, Esedra kerryknight30@gmail.com Van der Linde, Jeannie Pillay, Bhavani Knight, Kerry UCTD Oropharyngeal dysphagia Dysphagia screening Stroke-related dysphagia Interdisciplinary collaboration Lower-middle-income country Dissertation (MA (Speech-Language Pathology))--University of Pretoria, 2019. Background: Early identification of stroke-related oropharyngeal dysphagia (OPD) using screening by nurses can prevent adverse patient outcomes in lower-middle-income countries (LMICs). Nurses are essential in the OPD management team and should ideally be able to screen and prioritise dysphagia management in stroke patients. Objective: The aim of this study was to describe nurses’ identification and management practices of patients with OPD following a stroke in a rural province of South Africa. Qualified nurses from various healthcare levels in a rural province of South Africa were invited to complete a previously published hard copy survey on signs, symptoms, complications, and management of stroke-related OPD. A sample of 130 participants were included. The majority of participants (n=66; 50.8%) had ten or more years of experience. Results: The mean scores of correct responses for each section were: 8.7/13 (66.7%) for signs and symptoms, 4.7/10 (47.3%) for complications and 3.8/7 (54.2%) for management practices. There were no significant differences between groups for the signs and symptoms section and the complications section. Secondary healthcare nurses demonstrated significantly better knowledge than primary (p=0.022) and tertiary (p=0.010) level nurses regarding management of OPD. Overall, secondary level nurses had significantly higher scores than the other levels. Conclusions: Moderate knowledge of identification and management of stroke-related OPD among nurses across all health care levels was evident. Interdisciplinary collaboration between nurses and speech-language therapists can improve team members’ continued professional development and refining of skills in decision-making regarding stroke-related OPD in LMICs. Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology MA (Speech-Language Pathology) Unrestricted Faculty of Humanities 2024-08-07T08:53:54Z 2024-08-07T08:53:54Z 2020-04 2019-10 Dissertation * A2020 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/97483 en © 2021 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Oropharyngeal dysphagia Dysphagia screening Stroke-related dysphagia Interdisciplinary collaboration Lower-middle-income country Nurses’ management of stroke-related oropharyngeal dysphagia in a rural province of South Africa |
| title | Nurses’ management of stroke-related oropharyngeal dysphagia in a rural province of South Africa |
| title_full | Nurses’ management of stroke-related oropharyngeal dysphagia in a rural province of South Africa |
| title_fullStr | Nurses’ management of stroke-related oropharyngeal dysphagia in a rural province of South Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Nurses’ management of stroke-related oropharyngeal dysphagia in a rural province of South Africa |
| title_short | Nurses’ management of stroke-related oropharyngeal dysphagia in a rural province of South Africa |
| title_sort | nurses management of stroke related oropharyngeal dysphagia in a rural province of south africa |
| topic | UCTD Oropharyngeal dysphagia Dysphagia screening Stroke-related dysphagia Interdisciplinary collaboration Lower-middle-income country |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/97483 |