Asking adults with swallowing difficulties about ‘mealtime-related quality of life’: What does a good meal look like for you?

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My name is Rebecca Smith. I am a speech pathologist and PhD candidate at UTS working with Professor Bronwyn Hemsley and Dr Lucy Bryant.

I am examining swallowing difficulty and how it may impact on a person’s quality of life, participation, and inclusion. I am now putting the call out to people with swallowing difficulties to be involved in my study.

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I am looking for adults with swallowing difficulties who live in Australia to discuss how their swallowing difficulties impact on their quality of life as well as how they participate in mealtimes.

If you are interested in participating, or if you think you know someone who might be interested, please go to the link below to register your interest. Or you can read more about what is involved in the project here by going to this link:

https://redcap.link/mealtimesYou can also download the Information Sheet and Consent Form for Adults with Swallowing DisabilityDownload

You can also find me on Twitter at @BeccySmith7

Published by C3DPrintio

This is the blog of the #c3dprintio #3Dprintedfoods project. Funded by the ARC under DP200101462, our team of Professor Bronwyn Hemsley Professor Susan Balandin and Dr Stephen Dann and their Foodini 3D food printer sidekick will look at the feasibility of making safe 3D Printed Food for People with Swallowing Disabilities. 3D Printed Food for People with Swallowing Disability. This project aims to identify ways that 3D food printing (additive manufacturing using real food in a device like a ink-jet printer) could be used to improve the visual appeal of puree meals for people with swallowing difficulty, who make up ~8% of the world's population. This study will be the first to include people with swallowing disability (e.g., related to cerebral palsy, stroke, older age) and their supporters in examining the views and experiences of stakeholders on the impact of 3D food printing on quality of life, enjoyment, participation, and safety. Outcomes include new knowledge on factors affecting the implementation of 3D food printing in disability and aged care services, to inform policy, practice, and future research.

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