Development of the oral self-monitoring sheet of head and neck cancer patient receiving radiotherapy.

口腔黏膜炎是头颈部肿瘤放疗患者最常见的并发症之一。它对生活质量有很大的影响，包括身体疼痛和病人进食、吞咽和说话的能力。因此，患者应持续观察口腔内状态，及早发现口腔黏膜炎并进行治疗。本研究的目的是研制头颈部肿瘤放疗患者口腔自我监测单。口腔症状加重的指标为口腔黏膜炎内容物、口腔干燥、味觉障碍、口腔疼痛和功能障碍。建议实际使用这张纸有助于患者应对他们的症状。

Oral mucositis is one of the most common complications in patients with head and neck cancer receiving radiotherapy. It has a great impact on quality of life in terms of physical pain and patient’ s ability to eat, swallow, and speak. Thus, it is important that patient observes an intraoral state continuously to detect oral mucositis early, and to deal. The purpose of this study is to development of the oral self-monitoring sheet of head and neck cancer patient receiving radiotherapy. The indexes of the symptom aggravation in the mouth were the contents about oral mucositis, the dryness in the mouth, taste disorder, oral pain, and a functional disorder. It was suggested thatpractical use of this sheet helps for patients to cope with their symptoms.