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Parent-reported indicators for detecting feeding and swallowing difficulties and undernutrition in preschool-aged children with cerebral palsy.

Katherine A BenferKelly A WeirRobert S WarePeter S W DaviesJoan ArvedsonRoslyn N BoydKristie L Bell
Published in: Developmental medicine and child neurology (2017)
Parent-reported indicators can detect feeding/swallowing difficulties and undernutrition in children with cerebral palsy. Most accurate screening questions were 0-10 scales for 'difficulty eating' and 'difficulty drinking'. Supplementation of these scales with additional indicators would improve detection.
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