Basic characteristics
Depression
Table Demographic and clinical characteristics of all patientsData are mean (SD) or numberAfter treatment, both groups showed significant changes in Standardized Swallowing Assessment and Functional Oral Intake Scale compared to before treatment (Comparison of the SSA assessment result before and after treatmentComparison of the FOIS assessment result before and after treatmentWe analyzed 15-item Geriatric Depression Scale from two aspects (Fig. Comparison of the GDS-15 assessment result before and after treatmentSwallowing-Quality of Life scores showed significant changes in both groups (Comparison of the SWAL-QOL assessment result before and after treatmentChanges in SWAL-QOL and sub-domain of SWAL-QOL of the two groups between baseline and eight weeksPrePost111.27 ± 5.010131.37 ± 5.518112.48 ± 5.269125.48 ± 5.255P1 = 0.367P2 < 0.001PrePost5.13 ± 1.8336.17 ± 1.8405.41 ± 2.0095.69 ± 1.854P1 = 0.577P2 = 0.325PrePost9.07 ± 1.01510.80 ± 1.5189.10 ± 1.71810.66 ± 1.317P1 = 0.921P2 = 0.697PrePost5.13 ± 1.7766.40 ± 1.6735.48 ± 1.8256.21 ± 1.590P1 = 0.459P2 = 0.651PrePost10.70 ± 1.51211.13 ± 1.35810.41 ± 1.35010.69 ± 1.466P1 = 0.447P2 = 0.233PrePost30.23 ± 1.45536.33 ± 2.49630.45 ± 2.38433.48 ± 1.975P1 = 0.679P2 < 0.001PrePost7.63 ± 1.2458.73 ± 0.7407.86 ± 1.4078.48 ± 0.688P1 = 0.511P2 = 0.183PrePost7.90 ± 1.0629.27 ± 0.6408.03 ± 1.1808.83 ± 0.658P1 = 0.647P2 = 0.012PrePost10.53 ± 1.45612.80 ± 1.82710.55 ± 1.37811.83 ± 1.227P1 = 0.960P2 = 0.020PrePost8.33 ± 1.1249.77 ± 1.1048.45 ± 1.0889.69 ± 1.105P1 = 0.692P2 = 0.790PrePost6.53 ± 1.5027.93 ± 1.1726.14 ± 0.7897.17 ± 0.848P1 = 0.210P2 = 0.006PrePost10.07 ± 2.13212.03 ± 2.23610.31 ± 1.75511.93 ± 1.710P1 = 0.634P2 = 0.845P1 Pre-intervention comparisonP2 Post-intervention comparisonData are mean (SD) or number