Farahat Mohamed, Mesallam Tamer A
Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Folia Phoniatr Logop. 2015;67(5):231-7. doi: 10.1159/000442199. Epub 2016 Feb 5.
The Eating Assessment Tool (EAT-10) is a 10-item self-administered questionnaire. It is a noninvasive tool to measure patients' perception of their swallowing problems. The purposes of the present study were to develop an Arabic version of the EAT-10 and to evaluate its validity, consistency, and reliability in the Arabic-speaking population with oropharyngeal dysphagia.
This was a prospective study carried out at the Communication and Swallowing Disorders Unit, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
The Arabic EAT-10 was administered to 138 patients with oropharyngeal dysphagia and 83 control subjects. Internal consistency and test-retest reliability were evaluated. Content and clinical validity were studied, and the EAT-10 results were compared across patients and control groups.
The Arabic EAT-10 showed excellent internal consistency (Cronbach's α = 0.92). Also, good test-retest reliability was found for the total scores of the Arabic EAT-10 (intraclass correlation = 0.73). There was a significant difference in Arabic EAT-10 scores between the oropharyngeal dysphagia group and the control group (p < 0.001).
This study demonstrated that the Arabic EAT-10 is a valid tool that can be used for screening of dysphagia-related problems in an Arabic-speaking population.
饮食评估工具（EAT - 10）是一份包含10个条目的自填式问卷。它是一种用于测量患者对自身吞咽问题认知的非侵入性工具。本研究的目的是开发EAT - 10的阿拉伯语版本，并评估其在讲阿拉伯语的口咽吞咽困难人群中的有效性、一致性和可靠性。
这是一项在沙特阿拉伯利雅得国王沙特大学沟通与吞咽障碍科开展的前瞻性研究。
对138名头咽吞咽困难患者和83名对照者进行阿拉伯语版EAT - 10问卷调查。评估内部一致性和重测信度。研究内容效度和临床效度，并比较患者组和对照组的EAT - 10结果。
阿拉伯语版EAT - 10显示出极佳的内部一致性（克朗巴哈α系数 = 0.92）。此外，阿拉伯语版EAT - 10总分的重测信度良好（组内相关系数 = 0.73）。口咽吞咽困难组与对照组的阿拉伯语版EAT - 10得分存在显著差异（p < 0.001）。
本研究表明，阿拉伯语版EAT - 10是一种有效的工具，可用于筛查讲阿拉伯语人群中与吞咽困难相关的问题。
