Department of Medical-Surgical Nursing, S.G.L. Nursing College, Semi, Jalandhar, Punjab
All suffering is caused by the illusion of separateness which generates fear and self-hatred that eventually causes illness. Person himself is the master of his life and can do much more than his thought that he could, including cure himself of a "terminal illness". Cancer is 2nd leading cause of death. 7.6 million people worldwide died from cancer in 2008. In Punjab, the incidence and prevalence of cancer is 88.29 and 211 per lakh population respectively. Treatment modalities for cancer such as Chemotherapy and Radiation therapy are very costly and have various side effects. The efforts must be taken to reduce the sufferings of cancer patients from disease as well as from treatment. From various review of literatures and studies, it shows that Honey is cost effective modality to prevent treatment induced oral mucositis in cancer patients. Honey is natural product which act as antibiotic, anti-tumour, anti-inflammatory. By keeping such points in mind, study was conducted to assess the effect of Honey on oral mucositis among cancer patients.
To assess the oral mucosa for oral mucositis among cancer patients undergoing treatment before the application of honey in experimental and control groups. To reassess the oral mucosa for oral mucositis of cancer patients in experimental and control groups after application of honey in experimental group. To compare the reassessment grade of oral mucositis of cancer patients in experimental and control groups. To find out the association between post assessments oral mucositis grades with their selected socio-demographic variables of experimental and control groups.
Non-equivalent pre- test post- test control group research design.
Selected Hospitals of Punjab.
Cancer patients who were suffering from treatment induced oral mucositis in the selected hospitals of Punjab.
60 cancer patients (30 cancer patients in experimental group & 30 in control group)
Purposive sampling technique.
The findings of the study revealed that the mean pre test grade of oral mucositis of experimental & control group were 2.5±0.93 & 2.26±0.94 respectively. After providing intervention, twice a day for 7 days to experimental group the mean post test grade of oral mucositis of experimental was 1 ± 0.98 and in control group after no any intervention was 2.53 ± 1.04 respectively. It indicated that, there was significant (t cal. 6.0489 ? t table 1.96 at p ?0.05) difference between pre test and post test grade of oral mucositis of cancer patients in the experimental group than control group. So, it is concluded that topical application of honey is effective for reduction of grade of oral mucositis among cancer patients. Honey helps in earlier healing of wounds and promotes healthy living among cancer patients. Such cost effective interventions in hospital practices are highly recommended. As this study was limited to 60 patients, similar study can be conducted on large sample to generalized the findings.
Effect, Honey Application, Grade of Oral Mucositis
