The Gugging Swallowing Screen in Dysphagia Screening for Patients With Stroke: A Systematic Review
International Journal of Nursing Studies
Park, K. D., Kim, T. H., et al. (2020).
International Journal of Nursing Studies, 107, Article 103588.
This systematic review investigates the diagnostic accuracy of the Gugging Swallowing Screen (GUSS) as a dysphagia screening tool in adults with acute stroke.
Gachon University Gil Medical Center (South Korea)
Database inception up to November 2018
Diagnostic studies
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The included studies demonstrated the Gugging Swallowing Screen (GUSS) to have a pooled sensitivity of 0.97 and a pooled specificity of 0.67. The high sensitivity of the tool indicated the GUSS accurately screens most of the patients with high aspiration risk. "These results show that the GUSS is a reliable screening tool in clinical practice for the detection of dysphagia and aspiration risk in patients with [acute] stroke" (p. 6).
