Effectiveness Of Swallowing Exercises On Dysphagia Among Patients With Cerebrovascular Accident At Saveetha Medical College And Hospital Thandalam

Abstract

ABSTRACT newlineINTRODUCTION: newlineCerebrovascular accident is defined by the World Health Organization newlineas a clinical syndrome consisting of rapidly developing clinical signs of focal newlinedisturbance of cerebral function lasting more than 24 hrs or focal newlineneurological deficit due to occlusion of blood supply or haemorrhage in the newlinebrain causing symptoms and signs lasting greater than 24 hrs or leading to newlinedeath with no apparent cause other than a vascular origin. Dysphagia or newlinedifficulty in swallowing is a serious life threatening medical condition that newlineaffect many patient in the first few hour and days after stroke. newlineSTATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM newline Effectiveness of swallowing exercises on dysphagia among patients newlinewith cerebrovascular accident at Saveetha Medical College and Hospital, newlineThandalam . newlineOBJECTIVES newline1. To assess the level of dysphagia among patients with Cerebrovascular newlineaccident. newline2. To determine the effectiveness of swallowing exercise on dysphagia newlineamong patient with Cerebrovascular accident in experimental group. newline3. To compare the posttest level of dysphagia among patients with newlinecerebrovascular accident between experimental and control group. newline4. To association the posttest level of dysphagia with selected newlinedemographic and clinical variables among patients with newlineCerebrovascular accident in experimental group. newlineRESEARCH METHODOLOGY: newlineA Quasi-experimental research design was adopted for the study. The newlinestudy was conducting in Saveetha Medical College and Hospital, Chennai. newlineAn authorized formal permission is obtained to Saveetha Medical College newlineand Hospital, Chennai. A total of 60 samples who met the inclusion criteria newlinewere selected by using purposive sampling technique. The samples were newlineselected from neurology ward and medical ward. 30 samples for experimental newlinegroup were selected from neurology ward and 30 samples for control group newlinewere selected from medicine ward. The demographic and clinical variables newline