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Dysphagia is a life-threating symptom in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) because aspiration pneumonia develops as a consequence of swallowing disorders. Dysphagia can be detected by using patient-reported outcome measures in order to prevent complications.

To identify the dysphagia prevalence, severity, and swallowing related quality of life (QoL), by using two validated dysphagia questionnaires.

Dysphagia in Multiple Sclerosis (DYMUS) and Swallowing Quality of Life (SWALQoL) questionnaires were collected from 64 patients with MS.

The mean total SWALQoL score was 67.9 (±11.2) and the mean DYMUS score was 2.02 (±1.3). The highest mean SWALQoL subdomain score belonged to communication (76.7 ± 15.8), and the lowest score belonged to sleep (54.2 ± 12.2). There was a significant correlation between age and DYMUS and SWALQoL scores (r: 0.539 …