TY  - JOUR
T1  - Dysphagia and Rehabilitation Services in Jordan: Patients and Provider Perspectives
AU - Ahmad Alaraifi, Jehad AU - Barakat Darawsheh, Wesam AU - Said Natour, Yaser 
JO  - Research Journal of Medical Sciences
VL  - 13
IS  - 4
SP  - 69
EP  - 75
PY  - 2019
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1815-9346
DO  - rjmsci.2019.69.75
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=rjmsci.2019.69.75
KW  - Dysphagia
KW  -Jordan
KW  -medical setting
KW  -occupational therapists
KW  -speech pathologists
KW  -therapists
AB  - There is a scantiness of information regarding the etiology of dysphagia and the rehabilitation
services offered to affected individuals in Jordan. This study aims to investigate the perspectives of patients
and service providers regarding the etiologies associated with dysphagia and the rehabilitation services
provided to patients in Jordan. This cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted in the North and middle
regions of Jordan. The participants were adult patients who presented with dysphagia in 4 public and 6 private
medical settings. The study also included medical professionals involved in its management located in 5 public
and 6 private medical settings. All participants completed an interviewer-administered questionnaire on
disorders associated with dysphagia conditions and the services provided to patients presenting with
dysphagia. A total of 219 patients presenting with dysphagia and 217 adult medical professionals completed
the survey. Patients and professionals perceived medical doctors as the professionals entitled to work with
dysphagia. Further, medication is perceived by 99 (45.2%) patients as the primary mode of treatment for
dysphagia while the majority of professionals 150 (69.1%) perceived nonoral feeding the primary mode of
treatment for dysphagia. It is concluded that well-developed professional dysphagia intervention programs in
Jordan are scarce and concerned professionals (i.e., speech language pathologists and occupational therapists)
are not fully involved in the rehabilitation of patients with dysphagia.
ER  -