The effect of a citrus tastant on pill swallowing
| dc.contributor.advisor | Sonies, Barbara C | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Albert, Amy Beth | en_US |
| dc.contributor.department | Hearing and Speech Sciences | en_US |
| dc.contributor.publisher | Digital Repository at the University of Maryland | en_US |
| dc.contributor.publisher | University of Maryland (College Park, Md.) | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2010-10-07T05:51:29Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2010-10-07T05:51:29Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2010 | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | If using a sweetened citrus tastant (i.e., a chemical that stimulates the taste buds and produces a sense of taste) to coat a pill could make swallowing pills easier, this could have a considerable positive impact on the ability to swallow pills in healthy adults and on those with identified swallowing difficulties who need to take a variety of oral medications. In this study, it was predicted that pills would be cleared from the pharynx more quickly and efficiently if a pill was coated with a tastant. Thus, the following study examined the effect of a pleasant citrus tastant on pill swallowing in healthy individuals (7 male; 17 female) aged 19-49 years (M = 27.83 years). Durational measures of swallowing were obtained from real-time ultrasound images of the oropharyngeal swallow. It was hypothesized that swallow durations would be shortest for citrus-coated tablets, followed by water swallows and then plain pills. Although results from statistical analyses did not support a quicker oropharyngeal swallow for one stimulus over another, rationale for lack of significant findings, such as a ceiling effect for healthy pill swallowing, are provided. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1903/10856 | |
| dc.subject.pqcontrolled | Health Sciences, Speech Pathology | en_US |
| dc.subject.pquncontrolled | citrus | en_US |
| dc.subject.pquncontrolled | Dysphagia | en_US |
| dc.subject.pquncontrolled | medication | en_US |
| dc.subject.pquncontrolled | pill | en_US |
| dc.subject.pquncontrolled | swallow | en_US |
| dc.subject.pquncontrolled | tastant | en_US |
| dc.title | The effect of a citrus tastant on pill swallowing | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
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