EC Nutrition

The aim of this study is to classify thickened liquids into the International Dysphagia Diet Standardisation Initiative (IDDSI) framework by IDDSI flow test and compare the results to Japanese Dysphagia Diet 2013 criteria (JDD2013). We used five differ- ent types of thickeners and solvents. JDD2013 is constructed in Mildly Thick, Moderately Thick and Extremely Thick. For the IDDSI flow test, a syringe was filled up to the 10 ml mark and allowed to flow for 10s and judged by 5 criteria. The Mildly Thick liquids in JDD2013 that corresponded as 55% were level 1 in IDDSI and those corresponded as 43% were level 2. The Moderately Thick liquids that corresponded 71% were level 2. The Extremely Thick liquids that corresponded 94% were level 3. None of the liquids corresponded to level 4.

keywords: Dysphagia Diet; Thickened Liquid; Deglutition; Deglutition Disorders; Swallowing

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