Résumé
The elderly are particularly at risk of swallowing disorders. However, most of the time, thesedisorders are only identified when a noisy complication occurs. The aim of this study was to improve thescreening of dysphagia in the geriatric population by creating a screening test for general practitioners,primary care providers for the elderly living at home. The questionnaire on the state of GP practices showedthat currently doctors do not systematically screen their elderly patients for dysphagia, that their backgroundis heterogeneous and that they are in favour of the creation of a screening tool that they could usethemselves. Based on the literature and the physicians' expectations, the screening tool was created andtested by four physicians over a period of two and a half months. The tests collected show that, despite theabsence of spontaneous complaint, older people present many symptoms, including when they are notconsidered to be particularly at risk. The doctors feel that the tool created has met their expectations andevaluate it positively. While several items in the test were agreed upon by the speech therapists whoevaluated the relevance and scoring of each item, others are more debated. The content of the tool and itsscoring could be improved in a future study by normative data or by comparing the results of the screeningtest with those of a reference assessment, in order to validate the tool and obtain a consensus of dysphagiaprofessionals.