The Relationship between Demographic Data of Cancer Patients receiving Chemotherapy and the Effect of applying Cryotherapy on Healing from Oral Mucositis

Abstract

 A common adverse side effect of cancer treatment by chemotherapy is oral mucositis (OM). Healthcare practitioners face difficult challenges when it comes to the treatment and prevention of OM in adult chemotherapy patients. This study aims to find out the relationship between Demographic Data of Cancer Patients receiving Chemotherapy and the effect of applying Cryotherapy on Healing from Oral Mucositis. A quantitative (descriptive study) design used in the current study, a non-probability sample of 40 patients participated from cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy having oral mucositis at Al- Nasiriyah teaching hospital and AL-Haboby teaching hospital in Al-Nasiriyah City, Iraq. The findings of the study indicated that There were no significant correlations between the result of the application study for the study sample with all demographic variables at a p.value level (0.05), except the age of the study sample after the application of cryotherapy.