CAREGIVER KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE OF CHEWING PROBLEM

CAREGIVER KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE OF CHILDREN WITH CHEWING PROBLEMS

Chewing is the process of making the food taken into the mouth as a bolus with rhythmic, coordinated, and sequential movements. To normal chewing function oral and perioral sensory integrity; adequate lip closure and intraoral pressure; intraoral bolus transport; normal structure and coordination of lips, palate, tongue, jaw joint, chewing muscles should be ensured. Problems that occur in bolus formation starting from taking food into the mouth are called chewing problems.

The underlying cause of the chewing problem can be very diverse. The chewing problem can be seen in genetic, neuromuscular, gastrointestinal pediatric diseases as well as cognitive, behavioral problems or in healthy children. Many different health professionals take part in the rehabilitation of the chewing problem, but the family is at the center of the rehabilitation. For this reason, the level of knowledge, experience, and approach of the family is very important.

The aim of this study is to determine the swallowing-chewing problem knowledge levels, experiences and approaches of the caregivers of the child with chewing problems.

Study Overview

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Conditions: Chewing Problem; Caregiver Awareness

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 15

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Sena N Begen, MSc; Phone Number: +905380929826; Email: sena.begen@atilim.edu.tr

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 20 years to 60 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: N/A
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

Being a primary caregiver of oral feding children, followed about cheming and swallowimg problem more than 6 months.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• being a primary caregiver of oral feding children, followed about chewing and swallowing problem more than 6 months

Exclusion Criteria:

• Don't except participate to study

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Observational Models: Family-Based
• Time Perspectives: Prospective

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
chewing awareness	A one-to-one interview will be held with the caregivers in a quiet room, accompanied by a voice recorder. During interview; caregivers perspective, experiences and knowledge of the child's chewing and swallowing problem will be ask. The interviews will continue for a minimum of 20 minutes until sufficient data is collected for thematic analysis. 15 participants will be included in the study.	1 day

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Chewing Function	Karaduman Chewing Performance Scale (KCPS) developed by developed by Arslan et al., chewing function is classified at 5 different levels between 0 - 4 (Level 0= normal chewing function, Level 4= The child cannot bite and chew).	1 day

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Atılım University
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Sena N Begen, MSc, Atilim University, Facultyof Health Sciences Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Serel Arslan S, Inal O, Demir N, Olmez MS, Karaduman AA. Chewing side preference is associated with hemispheric laterality in healthy adults. Somatosens Mot Res. 2017 Jun;34(2):92-95. doi: 10.1080/08990220.2017.1308923. Epub 2017 Apr 10.
• Serel Arslan S, Aydın G, Alemdaroğlu I, Tunca Yılmaz Ö, Karaduman AA. Reliability and validity of the Karaduman Chewing Performance Scale in paediatric neuromuscular diseases: A system for classification of chewing disorders. J Oral Rehabil. 2018 Jul;45(7):526-531. doi: 10.1111/joor.12642. Epub 2018 May 20.
• Braun V, Clarke V. Using thematic analysis in psychology. Qualitative Research in Psychology. 2006;3(2):77-101.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Anticipated): July 30, 2022
• Primary Completion (Anticipated): August 1, 2022
• Study Completion (Anticipated): September 1, 2022

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: December 26, 2021
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 18, 2022
• First Posted (Actual): January 19, 2022

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): July 20, 2022
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 18, 2022
• Last Verified: July 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: caregiver; awareness; experience; chewing problem
• Other Study ID Numbers: GO 20/290-1

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: No
• IPD Plan Description: For a qualitative content analysis, The thematic analysis process involved multiple distinct phases as described by Braun and Clarke: the stages of familiarizing yourself with your data, generating initial codes, searching for themes, reviewing themes, defining and naming themes, producing the report (1). First, all interviews will be transcribed. A researcher will check the manuscripts, correct ıf there any mistake and make them anonymous. After the codes are determined. 2 researchers will come together at weekly meetings to discuss and develop themes. This approach will continue until no new information becomes available (theoretical saturation).

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No