Predictors of medical staff’s knowledge, attitudes, and behavior of dysphagia assessment: A cross-sectional study

This study aimed to develop training resources and standardize the assessment of dysphagia in patients with stroke. This study was a cross-sectional study. A total of 430 nurses and doctors from four provinces(Guangdong Province, Hunan Province, Guangxi Province, and Shaanxi Province) who were selected by convenience sampling were invited to complete the questionnaire through WeChat, DingTalk, and Tencent QQ from May 23 to 31, 2022. A self-reported questionnaire was used to assess participants’ Knowledge, Attitude, and Behavior regarding dysphagia. Participants’ sociodemographic, training, and nursing experience were measured using the general information sheet and assessed as potential predictors of medical staff’s Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behavior of dysphagia assessment. A multiple linear regression model was used to identify the factors predicting medical staff’s Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behavior regarding dysphagia assessment. The mean scores for Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behavio..., Data Collection and Analysis
This study was approved by the ethics committee of the study hospital. Data were collected on May 23–31, 2022. All participants were invited to complete the questionnaire through WeChat, DingTalk, and Tencent QQ from May 23 to May 31, 2022. A professional questionnaire survey platform that provides functions equivalent to Amazon Mechanical Turk called “Wenjuan Xing” was used to investigate. The researcher sent the questionnaire through WeChat, DingTalk, and Tencent QQ to colleagues and classmates to fill in and asked them to forward the questionnaire to their colleagues. Data were analyzed using SPSS for Windows, version 23. Statistical significance was set at p < 0.05. The findings were summarized using descriptive statistics, univariate analysis, and dummy multiple regression analysis. The data were normally distributed, as assessed by skewness and kurtosis tests. Descriptive statistics (e.g., mean, SD, or n, %) were used to summarize the study variable..., , # Predictors of medical staff’s knowledge, attitudes, and behavior of dysphagia assessment: A cross-sectional study

[https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.djh9w0w70](https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.djh9w0w70)

## Description of the data and file structure

Datasets included:

1\) Demographic characteristics

* Province
* Hospital level
* Hospital type
* Department
* Positions
* Title
* Working years in the field of dysphagia-related diseases
* Related training for dysphagia
* Specialized training in geriatric, swallowing, and rehabilitation
* Experience in nursing patients with dysphagia
* Q stands for variable name.
* DQ represents the dummy variable of the corresponding variable.

2\) Questionnaire scores

* Medical staff’s Knowledge of dysphagia assessment. Scores were obtained from the Questionnaire on medical staff’s Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behavior of dysphagia assessment. Knowledge is one of the dimensions of the questionnaire. The higher the score, the higher ...