FOIS Functional Assessment or Oral Intake for Dysphagia Patients
1
NPO (e.g., Consumes nothing by mouth)
2 Tube fed with minimal PO (e.g., Nutrition through tube with some occasional sips of water of coffee) 3 Limited PO diet requiring tube supplements (e.g., Uses tube as supplement to oral intake, may include a diet of any consistency that is supplemented with tube feeds to meet nutritional requirements) 4 Total PO diet limited to single consistency (e.g., Thick liquids and puree diet; Blenderized food and thick liquids are essentially one consistency) 5 Total PO categories as no thin with thick
diet with multiple consistencies. Unable to ingest certain of food without special preparation. (e.g., restrictions such liquids; mechanical soft with thick liquids or regular diet liquids; puree with thin liquids)
6 Total PO diet without special preparation. Limitations on specific food items due to swallowing difficulty. (e.g., takes thin liquids but can't handle carbonated drinks; does not eat stringy/grainy foods) 7
Total PO, no restrictions on oral intake
Though we have much work remaining, we would like to thank the professionals on the listserve who contributed to our progress thus far. Michael Crary and Michael Groher Michael A. Crary, Ph.D. Professor and Chair Department of Communicative Disorders Box 100174 University of Florida Health Science Center Gainesville, FL 32610-0174 mcrary@hp.ufl.edu