Prophylactic swallowing exercises in patients with head and neck cancer: systematic review

• Autor(a) principal: Goulart, Veronica
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: Ribeiro, Sara, Tello Rodrigues, Inês
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.31877/on.2023.47.05
• topic: Deglutição; Neoplasias de Cabeça e Pescoço; Fonoaudiologia; Equipe de assistência ao paciente; Revisão sistemática; Deglutition; Head and Neck Neoplasms; Speech Therapy; Patient Care Teams; Systematic Review

Introduction: Swallowing disorders are common after treatment for head andneck cancer. Exercises for the recovery of swallowing functions are important,but their prophylactic use is still poorly studied. Objective: To analyze the use ofprophylactic swallowing exercises in people with head and neck cancer undergoing (neo)adjuvant treatment with radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy. Methods: Studies were retrieved from a systematic search of published work until October 2022 indexed in the PubMed central, LILACS, Scielo, CINAHL Complete, Cochrane Collection Plus, Nursing & Allied Health Collection and Medic Latina databases.Methodological quality and evidence synthesis were assessed with using the the“Quality Assessment Tool for Quantitative Studies” scale. Results: 1,401 studies were identified and only eight were selected for analysis and data extraction.Conclusion: The use of prophylactic exercises seems to have some benefit on swallowing functions, but the results are not consistent. Further research is suggested to study its potential benefits in a more specific way (i.e. type of exercise versus treatment). keywords: Deglutition, Head and Neck Neoplasms, Speech Therapy, Patient CareTeams, Systematic Review.