Full Description
Designed for use in bedside evaluations of patients referred for swallowing function assessment. The Mann Assessment of Swallowing Ability is a quick and reliable tool. It is an efficient and cost-effective assessment tool allowing clinicians to evaluate patients and determine which ones are true candidates for more involved instrumental evaluation. This tool may also be utilized for monitoring swallowing skills over time. The manual will include a technical manual as well as step-by-step user's guide. The user's guide section will also include information on how to use the instrument for outcomes data collection, monitoring patient status, and other clinical applications other than its primary purpose.
Contents
Introduction. Rationale for Test Development. Clinical Dysphagia Assessment. Definition & Objectives. The M.A.S.A. Test Description. Items. Scoring System. Intended Population. Test Administration. General Instructions. Examiner Qualifications. Test Environment. Test Procedures. Diet Recommendations. Swallow Integrity Rating. Allowable prompts. Scoring Standards. Compiling and Interpreting Test Results. Score Profile. Sensitivity / Specificity. Breakdown. Likelihood Ratios. Technical Manual. Validity. Face validity. Content validity. Test Design. Validation Against A Test Population.Study population. Development Of The M.A.S.A. Examining Internal Consistency (Item Reduction). Interobserver agreement (Reproducibility. Further Examination of Validity. Criterion and Concurrent Validity. M A S A - Ordinal Codes. Prevalence of dysphagia and aspiration. Accuracy of the clinical diagnosis of dysphagia and aspiration. Dysphagia. Aspiration. Using A Harder Cut Off (Yes/ No). Likelihood Ratios. Receiver Operator Characteristic Curves. M.A.S.A - Scores. Predictive ability of the M.A.S.A scores- Dysphagia. Non- Dysphagic Subjects. Dysphagic Subjects. Aspiration. Aspiration & Penetration. Prevalence of dysphagia and aspiration using M.A.S.A score. Accuracy of the M.A.S.A score in the diagnosis of dysphagia and aspiration. Summary. Conclusion. Mann Assessment of Swallowing Ability (MASA). Appendix. References.
