Reliability and Validity of the Eating and Drinking Ability Classification System in Adults with Cerebral Palsy.

Dysphagia
Sung Eun HyunHyung-Ik Shin

Abstract

The Eating and Drinking Ability Classification System (EDACS) was developed to evaluate dysphagia in children with cerebral palsy (CP). This study aimed to investigate the interrater reliability and validity of the EDACS in adults with CP. This cross-sectional study included 117 community-dwelling adults (mean age, 37.9 ± 12.5 years) with a confirmed CP diagnosis. A swallowing occupational therapist (SwOT) conducted detailed interviews with participants and/or caregivers to classify the EDACS. Another SwOT and participants/caregivers evaluated the EDACS. Correlations were evaluated between the EDACS and Functional Oral Intake Scale (FOIS), Swallowing Quality of Life (SWAL-QOL), Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS), and Manual Ability Classification System (MACS). Interrater reliabilities between SwOTs (κ = 0.866, intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) = 0.867), and between SwOT and participant/caregiver (κ = 0.884, ICC = 0.717) were reported. The EDACS correlated with the FOIS, SWAL-QOL, and MACS, although no significant correlation was found with the GMFCS. The EDACS of spastic-type showed better correlation than that of dyskinetic-type with the FOIS, MACS, and GMFCS. There was a significant correlation between...Continue Reading

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