Dysphagia in Parkinsonism: Prevalence, Predictors and Correlation with Severity of Illness Fasting).

Conclusions: Prevalence of dysphagia in Parkinsonian syndromes was overall 57.14%; being 55.16% in Parkinson's disease. Prevalence and severity of dysphagia showed direct correlation with severity of Parkinson's disease. Duration of disease and cognitive dysfunction are the independent predictors of dysphagia in Parkinson's disease. PMID: 32610861 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Journal of the Association of Physicians of India - Category: General Medicine Tags: J Assoc Physicians India Source Type: research