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

口腔黏膜炎是头颈部恶性肿瘤放疗后最常见的并发症之一。它在身体疼痛和患者进食、吞咽和说话能力方面对生活质量有很大影响。因此，重要的是患者持续观察口内状态以早期发现口腔粘膜炎并进行处理。本研究旨在研制头颈部癌症放射治疗患者口腔自我监测表。口腔症状加重的指标为口腔黏膜炎、口干、味觉障碍、口腔疼痛、功能障碍等内容。建议实际使用该表有助于患者科普其症状。

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.