To Compare the Effect of Swallowing and Non-Swallowing Exercises on Dysphagia in Post Operative Oral Cancer Individuals: An Comparative Study

• Published in: Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP Vol. 25; no. 8; p. 2945
• Main Authors: Patil, Dhairysheel Sanjay, Yadav, Trupti, Gudur, Anand
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Thailand 01.08.2024
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Deglutition - physiology; Deglutition Disorders - etiology; Deglutition Disorders - rehabilitation; Exercise Therapy - methods; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Mouth Neoplasms - surgery; Postoperative Complications - prevention & control; Prognosis; Quality of Life; Swallowing & Non-Swallowing Exercises; Dysphagia; oral cancer
• ISSN: 2476-762X

To find out the effect of Swallowing and Non-Swallowing Exercises on Dysphagia in Post-Operative Oral Cancer individuals. To compare the effect of Swallowing and Non-Swallowing Exercises on Dysphagia on Quality of Life in Post-Operative Oral Cancer individuals. The study was conducted in Krishna Hospital Karad where 66 participants with post-operative oral cancer were selected according to the inclusion criteria. Simple random sampling was used to allocate the subjects into Group A (n=33) (non-swallowing exercises) & Group B (n=33) (swallowing exercises). The subjects performed respective exercises for 5 weeks. Pre & post assessment was performed by the outcome measures. Using paired t test both the Groups demonstrated significant results with all the outcome measures MWST with p<0.0001, MDADI with p<0.0001 and FACT H&N with p<0.0001 respectively concluding extremely significant results. Unpaired t test analysis for MWST, MDADI & FACT H&N of group A showed extremely significant mean difference as compare to group B with p<0.0001. This study concluded that both swallowing and non-swallowing exercises are beneficial for dysphagia in post-operative oral cancer individuals, but the Non-Swallowing Exercises were more effective.