A Study to assess the effectiveness of orgal hygiene and oral application of cryotherapy to reduce mucositis among patients receiving chemotherapy at Ashwin Hospital, Coimbatore.

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM : The effectiveness of oral hygiene and oral application of ice chips to reduce Mucositis among patients receiving chemotherapy at Ashwin Hospital, Coimbatore. OBJECTIVES: 1. To assess the oral hygiene and degree of Mucositis among patients receiving chemotherapy 2. To provide oral hygiene and oral application of Ice Chips to reduce Mucositis among patients receiving chemotherapy. 3. To assess the effectiveness of oral hygiene and oral application of Ice Chips to reduce Mucositis among patients receiving chemotherapy. 4. To find out the association between selected demographic variables with effectiveness of oral application of Ice Chips in reducing Mucositis in patients receiving chemotherapy. METHODOLOGY: One group pre test post test pre experimental design. The samples for this study consist of 30 patients who receive chemotherapy from Ashwin Hospital Coimbatore, selected by convenient sampling. Oral application of Ice Chips practice questionnaire and Modified Mucositis Assessment Scale was used to assess the Mucositis before and after administering oral application of Ice Chips. RESULTS: Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the values. The obtained ‘t’ value for Mucositis was 5.26 and that for oral application of Ice Chips practice questionnaire was 5.21. It shows that oral hygiene and oral application of Ice Chips had significant effect on reducing Mucositis. CONCLUSION: This study showed an improvement in oral hygiene and reduced the incidence of Mucositis