Highlights
- •Dysphagia is a major disorder in patients with MS, yet its prevalence is unknown.
- •54 of 997 reviewed records made it to the meta-analysis, encompassing 11266 MS cases.
- •The overall prevalence of dysphagia across all the included studies was 44.8%.
Abstract
Background
Dysphagia is a major disorder observed in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), yet
different prevalence rates are reported for it. Therefore, we designed this study
to estimate the pooled prevalence of dysphagia in patients with MS.
Method
We searched PubMed, Scopus, EMBASE, Web of Science, and gray literature including
references from the identified studies, reviews studies, and conference abstracts
which were published up to May 2022. Articles that were relevant to our topic and
could provide information regarding the prevalence of dysphagia among MS patients
were included; however, articles with self-report screening strategies were excluded.
Results
The literature search found 997 articles. After eliminating duplicates, 672 articles
remained. Two conference abstracts were included for final analysis. A total of 11,266
MS cases and 5047 MS patients with dysphagia were included in the meta-analysis. The
overall prevalence of dysphagia across all 54 studies was 44.8 % (95 % CI: [40.4 %–49.2 %]),
with a high level of heterogeneity between countries (Q=; I2 = 94.96 %; p < 0.001).
Conclusion
The results of this systematic review shows that the prevalence of dysphagia in MS
patients is 45% which is greatly higher compared to the general population.
Keywords
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Publication history
Accepted:
January 6,
2023
Received:
August 13,
2022
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