Turkish Validation of The Drooling Impact Scale

NCT ID: NCT04132765

Last Updated: 2019-11-27

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Total Enrollment

30 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-11-25

Study Completion Date

2020-08-30

Brief Summary

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The aim of this study is to investigate the reliability and construct validity of the Turkish version of the Drooling Impact Scale in children with cerebral palsy

Detailed Description

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Drooling is common among several neurologic disorders such as cerebral palsy, Parkinson's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, which are the main diseases that physiatrist are one of the leading physicians involved in whose management 1. Drooling can be seen either as anterior drooling, unintentional leaving of saliva from mouth to outside of the body, or posterior drooling, invisible spill of saliva from mouth through pharyngeal isthmus and then to respiratory or digestive tract, inside the body 2. Anterior drooling causes psycho-social impairment, skin problems, infections, bad odor, dehydration, dentation problems and wet clothes and tools while posterior drooling may result in morbidity by posing a risk for aspiration pneumonia. Despite the frequency and significance of the condition, there is still a paucity of research and inadequate evidence about the various treatments and valid and reliable outcomes available. A major problem for research into interventions to reduce drooling is that there is no valid and reliable measurement tool of saliva control. There is no questionnaire in Turkish to evaluate the effects of drooling as well as drooling interventions.The aim of this study is to investigate the reliability and construct validity of the Turkish version of the Drooling Impact Scale in children with cerebral palsy.

Conditions

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Hypersalivation Cerebral Palsy

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_ONLY

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Patients with cerebral palsy

Patients with cerebral palsy at between the ages of 4-16 years and at Gross Motor Function Classification Levels of 3,4,5

Drooling Impact Scale

Intervention Type OTHER

A scale with 10 items which are scored with visual analog scale from1 to 10. Drooling impact increases with increased scores.

Drooling Frequency and Severity Scale

Intervention Type OTHER

In this scale, parents or care givers were asked to rate the severity and frequency of drooling, classifying severity of drooling using a 5-level domain ranging from 1 (dry) to 5 (profuse drooling). The frequency of drooling was classified using a 4-level domain ranging from 1(no drooling) to 4 (constant drooling)

The Caregiver Priorities and Child Health Index of Life with Disabilities (CPCHILD™)

Intervention Type OTHER

A quality of life scale that measure caregivers' perspectives on the health status, comfort, well being, and ease of caregiving of children with severe developmental disabilities. CPCHILD consists of 36 items distributed over six sections representing the following domains: (1) Personal Care (eight items); (2) Positioning, Transfer, and Mobility (eight items); (3) Communication and Social Interaction (seven items); (4) Comfort, Emotions, and Behaviour (nine items); (5) Health (three items); and (6) Overall Quality Of Life (one item). For the sections which involve the performance of skills, the degree of difficulty of accomplishing each task or activity was rated on a 7-point ordinal scale anchored by 0 ('No problem at all') to 6 ('Impossible').

Drooling Quotient (DQ)

Intervention Type OTHER

DQ is a semi-quantitative method that assesses the presence of newly formed saliva on the lips every 15 seconds with 40 observations in 10 minutes, expressed as a percentage based on the ratio between the number of observed drooling episodes and the total number of observations.

Patient and caregiver visual analog scale (VAS) for drooling

Intervention Type OTHER

Patients will be asked to score their children's drooling severity on a visual analog scale (0-100 mm, 0 none to 100 severe)

Functional Oral Intake Scale (FOIS)

Intervention Type OTHER

Functional Oral Intake Scale (FOIS) which is a 7-point ordinal scale document the functional level of oral intake of food and liquid.

number of bibs daily used

Intervention Type OTHER

Parents will be asked their children's number of bibs daily used.

number of hospital admissions per year related to respiratory infections

Intervention Type OTHER

Parents will be asked their children's number of hospital admissions per year related to respiratory infections.

Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS)

Intervention Type OTHER

The GMFCS describes self-initiated movement and use of assistive devices (walkers, crutches, canes, wheelchairs) for mobility during an individual's usual activity.

Manual Ability Classification System (MACS)

Intervention Type OTHER

The MACS is also a simple, five-point ordinal classification system and was designed for use in children ages 4-18 years. The MACS is a validated measure in cerebral palsy that can be used to classify a child's typical use of both hands and upper limbs.

Communication Function Classification System (CFCS)

Intervention Type OTHER

The CFCS is a simple, five-point ordinal classification system that assesses everyday communication (not optimal communication) of children with cerebral palsy.

Eating and Drinking Ability Classification System (EDACS)

Intervention Type OTHER

EDACS is a measure to assess eating and drinking ability for children with CP, ages 3 and older. This classification is a simple five-point ordinal system.

Interventions

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Drooling Impact Scale

A scale with 10 items which are scored with visual analog scale from1 to 10. Drooling impact increases with increased scores.

Intervention Type OTHER

Drooling Frequency and Severity Scale

In this scale, parents or care givers were asked to rate the severity and frequency of drooling, classifying severity of drooling using a 5-level domain ranging from 1 (dry) to 5 (profuse drooling). The frequency of drooling was classified using a 4-level domain ranging from 1(no drooling) to 4 (constant drooling)

Intervention Type OTHER

The Caregiver Priorities and Child Health Index of Life with Disabilities (CPCHILD™)

A quality of life scale that measure caregivers' perspectives on the health status, comfort, well being, and ease of caregiving of children with severe developmental disabilities. CPCHILD consists of 36 items distributed over six sections representing the following domains: (1) Personal Care (eight items); (2) Positioning, Transfer, and Mobility (eight items); (3) Communication and Social Interaction (seven items); (4) Comfort, Emotions, and Behaviour (nine items); (5) Health (three items); and (6) Overall Quality Of Life (one item). For the sections which involve the performance of skills, the degree of difficulty of accomplishing each task or activity was rated on a 7-point ordinal scale anchored by 0 ('No problem at all') to 6 ('Impossible').

Intervention Type OTHER

Drooling Quotient (DQ)

DQ is a semi-quantitative method that assesses the presence of newly formed saliva on the lips every 15 seconds with 40 observations in 10 minutes, expressed as a percentage based on the ratio between the number of observed drooling episodes and the total number of observations.

Intervention Type OTHER

Patient and caregiver visual analog scale (VAS) for drooling

Patients will be asked to score their children's drooling severity on a visual analog scale (0-100 mm, 0 none to 100 severe)

Intervention Type OTHER

Functional Oral Intake Scale (FOIS)

Functional Oral Intake Scale (FOIS) which is a 7-point ordinal scale document the functional level of oral intake of food and liquid.

Intervention Type OTHER

number of bibs daily used

Parents will be asked their children's number of bibs daily used.

Intervention Type OTHER

number of hospital admissions per year related to respiratory infections

Parents will be asked their children's number of hospital admissions per year related to respiratory infections.

Intervention Type OTHER

Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS)

The GMFCS describes self-initiated movement and use of assistive devices (walkers, crutches, canes, wheelchairs) for mobility during an individual's usual activity.

Intervention Type OTHER

Manual Ability Classification System (MACS)

The MACS is also a simple, five-point ordinal classification system and was designed for use in children ages 4-18 years. The MACS is a validated measure in cerebral palsy that can be used to classify a child's typical use of both hands and upper limbs.

Intervention Type OTHER

Communication Function Classification System (CFCS)

The CFCS is a simple, five-point ordinal classification system that assesses everyday communication (not optimal communication) of children with cerebral palsy.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eating and Drinking Ability Classification System (EDACS)

EDACS is a measure to assess eating and drinking ability for children with CP, ages 3 and older. This classification is a simple five-point ordinal system.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Patients with unilateral or bilateral cerebral palsy at between the ages of 4-16
2. Spastic, dyskinetic or mixed type cerebral palsy
3. GMFCS level 3,4,5
4. Stable drooling within at least one month

Exclusion Criteria

1. Active infection of salivary glands
2. Upper respiratory tract infection at the time of testing
3. History of anticholinergic drug intake in the past three weeks
4. Occurance of any above between test and re-test assessment that may interfere with the results
Minimum Eligible Age

4 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

16 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Marmara University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Evrim Karadag Saygi, Prof

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Marmara University

Nida Yektauşakları, PT

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Marmara University School of Health Sciences

Fatma Özer, Student

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Marmara University

Locations

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Esra Giray

Istanbul, , Turkey (Türkiye)

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Turkey (Türkiye)

Central Contacts

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Esra Giray, MD

Role: CONTACT

+905558134394

Evrim Karadag-Saygi, Prof

Role: CONTACT

+902166570606162

Facility Contacts

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Esra Giray

Role: primary

05558134394

References

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Lakraj AA, Moghimi N, Jabbari B. Sialorrhea: anatomy, pathophysiology and treatment with emphasis on the role of botulinum toxins. Toxins (Basel). 2013 May 21;5(5):1010-31. doi: 10.3390/toxins5051010.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 23698357 (View on PubMed)

Erasmus CE, van Hulst K, Rotteveel JJ, Willemsen MA, Jongerius PH. Clinical practice: swallowing problems in cerebral palsy. Eur J Pediatr. 2012 Mar;171(3):409-14. doi: 10.1007/s00431-011-1570-y. Epub 2011 Sep 20.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 21932013 (View on PubMed)

Pesheva P, Kuklinski S, Schmitz B, Probstmeier R. Galectin-3 promotes neural cell adhesion and neurite growth. J Neurosci Res. 1998 Dec 1;54(5):639-54. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(19981201)54:53.0.CO;2-2.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 9843155 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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09.2019.963

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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