Another study randomized 115 hospitalized patients with recent stroke and dysphagia to one of three graded intervention to prevent aspiration.22 One group received,on the basis of videofluoroscopic results, training on compensatory positioning and recommendations about diet
(Group A). The patients and their family members were then given a choice of diet consistency that they felt was most appropriate. The second group received the same in-formation as the first, but in this group the diet was prescribed (i.e., they were not free to choose) (Group