Data collection
All inpatients receiving dysphagia input who were registered on the
electronic patient record of the SLT caseload on the
12th March 2020 were eligible for inclusion. All SLT
documentation for the patient since admission was reviewed; this
included the case history, which highlighted diagnosis and previous
medical history, as recorded from the medical notes. Patient
demographics and dysphagia treatment decisions were recorded. A
questionnaire to guide data collection and define diagnostic categories
was produced prior to data collection (see appendix two). Due to the
snapshot nature of data collection, details of previous recommendations
were not recorded and only most recent oral trial recommendations (where
applicable) were outlined.