Oropharyngeal Dysphagia in Community-Dwelling Older Patients with Dementia: Prevalence and Relationship with Geriatric Parameters

OD is very frequent in community-dwelling older persons with dementia and is associated with dependency and frailty. The V-VST is an easy-to-perform and well tolerated screening test in this population and therefore should be systematically included in the geriatric assessment of older persons with dementia. The role of V-VST in therapeutic strategies of OD remains to be evaluated.