Impact of chin tuck exercise on neurological dysphagia patients
Mamta Sinha
This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence and severity of dysphagia among patients before and after an intervention using a descriptive research method. A purposive sampling technique was employed to select a representative sample of 200 patients. Data were analysed using both descriptive and inferential statistics. The findings reveal that the majority of respondents (62%) experienced severe dysphagia in the pre-test, with a slight reduction to 58% post-intervention. Conversely, moderate dysphagia increased from 33% to 37%, while mild dysphagia remained constant at 5%. These results suggest a limited improvement in dysphagia severity following the intervention. Statistical analysis using t-tests indicated no significant difference between pre-test (mean = 7.5750, SD = 4.64784) and post-test (mean = 7.7050, SD = 4.65039) scores, with a t-value of 0.28, confirming the intervention's minimal impact on symptom severity. The findings align with prior studies (e.g., Smith & Jones, 2015; Anderson et al., 2017) reporting minimal changes in dysphagia outcomes post-intervention, highlighting the need for enhanced therapeutic approaches. In conclusion, while minor shifts in symptom severity were observed, the intervention did not achieve significant improvements in dysphagia management. These findings underscore the necessity for more effective, tailored, and possibly multimodal treatment strategies to address severe dysphagia cases. Future research should explore longer intervention periods, alternative therapies, and larger sample sizes to better evaluate the effectiveness of interventions in managing dysphagia.
Mamta Sinha. Impact of chin tuck exercise on neurological dysphagia patients. Int J Adv Res Nurs 2025;8(1):29-32. DOI: 10.33545/nursing.2025.v8.i1.A.442