Reliability and Validity of the Turkish Eating Assessment Tool (T EAT 10)
The purpose of this study was to test the reliability and validity of the Turkish Eating Assessment Tool (T EAT 10) among patients with swallowing disorders. One hundred and five patients completed the T EAT 10 and Functional Oral Intake Scale (FOIS) The internal consistency, test retest reliability, and criterion validity of T EAT 10 were investigated. The internal consistency was assessed using Cronbach's alpha. Intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) value with 95 confidence intervals was calculated for test retest reliability. The criterion validity of the T EAT 10 was determined by assessing the correlation between T EAT 10 and FOIS. All the patients in the study completed the T EAT 10 without assistance. The mean time to complete the instrument was 1.8 0.9 min. The internal consistency of the T EAT 10 was found to be high with 0.90 Cronbach's alpha for test and 0.91 Cronbach's alpha for retest reproducibility. No difference between the test and retest scores of the T EAT 10 was found (p 0.14) A negative, moderate correlation between T EAT 10 and FOIS was detected (r 0.365, p 0.001) The T EAT 10 is a reliable and valid symptom specific outcome tool for dysphagia in adult Turkish patients. It can be used in clinical practice and research.
Dysphagia