Chemotherapy Induced Oral Mucositis Based on Patients` Needs Assessment

Mohamed Ali, Yasmin; Sabry El–Kady, Mohamed; Said Ali, Hanan; Abd-Allah Abdelatief, Dalia; Nabil Abdelslam, Shimaa

doi:10.21608/ejhc.2020.295305

Chemotherapy Induced Oral Mucositis Based on Patients` Needs Assessment

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Assistant lecturer of Medical Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Modern University for Technology and Information

² Professor of Radiation and Nuclear Medicine ,Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University

³ Professor of Medical Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University.

⁴ Assistant Professor of Medical Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University

10.21608/ejhc.2020.295305

Abstract

Background: Oral mucositis is a major chemotherapy-induced problem that may cause disturbing pain, the inability to tolerate food, infection, and negative effects on the quality of life. Oral mucositis also may entail chemotherapeutic drug dose reduction among patients, in turn reducing their cancer survival rates. Therefore, needs assessment enables the prevention or at least reduction of problems through appropriate early intervention. Aim: This study aimed to assess needs for patients having chemotherapy induced oral mucositis. Design: A descriptive study design was utilized to achieve the aim of this study. Setting: The study was conducted in the inpatients' department at Radiotherapy and Nuclear Medicine Department, affiliated to Ain Shams University. Subject: A purposive sample of 70 adult patients. Tools of data collection: 1) A structured interview questionnaire 2) Oral assessment guide. Results: The results of this study showed that the studied patients had Physical, Psychological, Social, Spiritual and educational needs (32.9, 64.3, 31.4, 21.4& 54.3 percentages respectively), and nearly one third of studied patients had oral mucositis after chemotherapy administration. Conclusion: The current study concluded that most of the studied patients had Physical, Psychological, Social, Spiritual, educational needs. Recommendations: The current study recommended that, developing of guidelines protocol as regard reducing chemotherapy induced oral mucositis based on patient's needs.

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