The purpose of this quantitative study is to explore the level of inter rater reliability in interpretation of Fiber optic Endoscopic Evaluations of Swallowing (FEES) exams and the factors that influence the diet recommendations made by Speech Language Pathologists (SLP’s).
Questions that will be explored through this study are:
1) How consistent are the interpretations of results of FEES exams when evaluated by different SLP’s?
2) How consistent are recommendations made by different SLP’s evaluating results of a FEES exam?
3) How does level of experience of SLP’s relate to how conservative their recommendations are with regards to patient’s diets?
HI Teri. I apologize for the delay!! First off, you state that you want to conduct a quantitative study, but you use a qualitative action verb... I'm going to assume you want to approach this quantitatively given your questions...
ReplyDeleteThe purpose of this quantitative study is twofold: to determine (a) the inter rater reliability in interpretation of Fiber optic Endoscopic Evaluations of Swallowing (FEES) exams, and (b) the factors that influence the diet recommendations made by Speech Language Pathologists (SLP’s) in [or at a brief description of your setting].
1. What is the inter rater reliability in interpretation of FEES exams by SLPs in [or at a brief description of your setting]?
2. How consistent are recommendations made by SLP’s when evaluating results of a FEES exam in [or at a brief description of your setting]?
3. What are the factors that influence the diet recommendations made by SLP’s in [or at a brief description of your setting]?
4. How do SLPs' level of experience relate to how conservative their recommendations are with regards to patient’s diets in [or at a brief description of your setting]? {I would like to change how conservative their recommendations are to recommendation level or something similar; not conservativeness of their recommendations, but something like that...}