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

口腔粘膜炎是接受放射治疗的头颈部癌症患者最常见的并发症之一。在躯体疼痛和患者S的进食、吞咽和说话能力方面，它对生活质量有很大的影响。因此，重要的是患者持续观察口腔内状态，以便及早发现口腔粘膜炎并进行处理。本研究的目的是编制头颈部肿瘤放疗患者口腔自我监测表。口腔症状加重的指标为口腔粘膜炎、口干、味觉障碍、口腔疼痛和功能障碍。有人建议，实际使用这张表有助于患者处理他们的症状。

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.