Introduction: Oropharyngeal dysphagia impacts on quality of life of persons under palliative
care. Objective: To discuss the literature about quality of life of adults and older people living …

Objective: The study's main purpose has been to investigate the dysphagia influence
towards the quality of life of cancer patients undergoing palliative care. Methods: It is a …

Introduction: Palliative care is described as an approach that aims to promote quality of life,
when facing life-threatening diseases, in order to prevent and relieve suffering. The speech …

Comprehensive nursing care in situations of health vulnerability implies a complete analysis
from clinical and psychosocial references. Dysphagia, difficulty in swallowing, is an …

Objective: There are few studies concerning the differences in quality-of-life (QOL) between
palliative care patients with and without dysphagia to date. We aimed to compare the QOL …

Background: Oropharyngeal dysphagia negatively affects the quality of life of patients. It may
lead to malnutrition, dehydration, aspiration pneumonia and death, especially in older …

Background: Difficulty swallowing is a well-documented symptom in head and neck cancer
and oesophageal malignancy. The frequency of oropharyngeal swallowing difficulties in the …

Purpose: To identify speech-language pathologists' perception on their performance in
palliative care at a public hospital in Santa Catarina State, Brazil. Methods: It is a descriptive …

Introduction: Palliative care aims at keeping the quality of life and comfort of patients
confronting life-threatening diseases. Patients in palliative care usually develop dysphagia …

Dysphagia can interfere with quality of life (QOL) in several aspects. The broad goal of this
study was to carry out a review of questionnaires assessing oropharyngeal dysphagia …