30th Anniversary Academic Sessions, Faculty of Medicine-2021

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Plenaries, Symposia and free papers presented at the 30th Anniversary Academic Sessions, held on 28-31st October 2021, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Faculty of Medicine

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    Administering Sinhala Pedi-EAT to detect feeding difficulties in children with disabilities: Evidence from a university clinic in Sri Lanka
    (Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2021) Priyadarshana, S.
    Introduction: Dysphagia in children with disabilities leads to aspiration and has a long¬term impact on a child’s development. The Sinhala Paediatric Eating Assessment Tool (Pedi-EAT) is a parent-report instrument developed to assess symptoms of feeding problems in children aged 6 months to 7 years. Objectives: To determine feeding related concerns of paediatric cohort with disabilities and the association between Sinhala Pedi-EAT scores and parental feeding experience of children with disabilities. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional survey was conducted at the MDT clinic for children with disabilities and their families at a university clinic. The study population included parents of children between 6 months-7 years attending the MDT clinic from November to December 2019. The Sinhala Pedi-Eat was administered to 410parents of children with disabilities. Results: The most prevalent feeding concerns under the physiologic symptoms was cough during or after mealtime (71%, n=291). Under the problematic mealtime behaviours, rejection of the foods (54%, n=221) was the commonest. Mealtime was longer than 45 minutes for majority of the children (61%, n=149). They were red flagged for a diagnosis of dysphagia. Children who were diagnosed with developmental disorders (72%, n=296) presented higher risk for having dysphagia. Conclusions: Highest scored feeding difficulties were under the problematic mealtime behaviours of Pedi-EAT questionnaire. Educating parents/ caregivers regarding helpful and unhelpful behaviours on child’s feeding will aid in managing problematic feeding behaviours in children. Pedi-EAT can be reliably used to screen feeding difficulties in children in Sri Lankan clinical context.
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