How Does Dysphagia Assessment in Acute Stroke Affect Pneumonia?

A mixed mode survey design comprising of a self-administered electronic survey with a secondary option of a postal survey. The survey population was Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) Clinical Leads for Acute Stroke in Hyper/Acute Hospital Stroke Units in England and Wales. The sample frame was Routinely Admitting, and Non-Routinely Admitting Acute Stroke Hospital Teams registered on the Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme (SSNAP) register. One hundred and sixty-six hospital teams were included after exclusions. Survey participants were asked to respond about assessment and management of dysphagia and other clinical processes during the first seven days of a person's admission to hospital following a stroke. Respondents were asked to respond about practice on behalf of the Stroke Unit rather than as an individual practitioner.