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100			_aShreya Kothari
245		0	_aAssessment of quality of life in individuals with dysphagia: a questionnaire in Marathi
260			_bAll India Institute of Speech and Hearing _c2014
270			_aPrivate practitioner, Indore, India
270			_aSchool of Audiology and Speech Language Pathology, Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University,Pune, India
270			_mchandrohini@yahoo.com
300			_a39-50
490			_vVolume 33
520			_aThe study aimed at developing a questionnaire for assessing quality of life in individuals with dysphagia. The study was carried out in two phases; rst phase included preparation of a questionnaire in English which was later translated to Marathi using forward and backward translation. In the second phase, the developed questionnaire was administered on thirty-ve adults with dysphagia. Item analysis was performed on scores obtained for each statement of the questionnaire by individuals with dysphagia. Eight items required deletion after inter-item correlation leaving 47 statements in the nal questionnaire, Dysphagia Quality of Life Questionnaire in Marathi (D-QOL-QM), which were divided into four sections; functional, eating, psychosocial and, physical section. Overall cronbach's alpha coecient was very high (a=0.93) which shows that the questionnaire has good reliablity. Results on Pearson's correlation showed good internal consistency and highly signicant moderate to high correlation for sections of questionnaire. This study provides a reliable clinical tool, D-QOL-QM, for assessing impact of dysphagia on individual's life in Indian scenario.
653			_aDysphagia, Questionnaire, Quality of life, Impact of dysphagia
700			_aRohini Chand-Mall
773			_aJournal of All India Institute of Speech & Hearing
856			_uhttp://192.168.102.7/jaiish/index.php/aiish/article/view/779/471
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