Volume : 7, Issue : 12, DEC 2021

A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TOPICAL APPLICATION OF HONEY ON RADIATION-INDUCED ORAL MUCOSITIS AMONG CANCER PATIENTS IN A SELECTED HOSPITAL AT DELHI, NCR

ASHA P THOMAS, LAVANYA NANDAN, BEULAH JASMINE RAO

Abstract

Aim- The objective of the study is to assess the effectiveness of topical application of honey on reducing radiation-induced oral mucositis among cancer patients in experimental group.

Materials and Methods- A quasi experimental pretest posttest design and non probability purposive sampling technique was used for study. The sample consists of 30 Head and neck cancer patients with radiation induced oral mucositis (15 for experimental group and 15 for control group) at Delhi state cancer institute, Delhi, NCR. A pre assessment was done on the 1st day for both group and honey application was given for 2 times a day 15 minutes before and after radiation therapy continuously till 10 days in the experimental group and on the 11 day post assessment was done in both groups. The assessment tool was WHO oral mucositis grading scale. The statistical analysis was done by‘t’ test and fisher’s exact test.

Results- The finding shows that in experimental group (60%) had grade 2 oral mucositis before intervention. After intervention, majority of sample (53.3%) had grade 1 oral mucositis, which was lower as compared to control group. There was significant difference between mean post test scores of cancer patient with oral mucositis in experimental group (1.06) and in control group (2.33) and obtained unpaired‘t’ value (5.12) was higher than the tabulated value (2.05) for df (28) at 0.05 level of significance.

Conclusion- The study revealed that honey application was effective for reducing radiation induced oral mucositis among head and neck cancer patients.

Keywords

HONEY APPLICATION, RADIATION INDUCED ORAL MUCOSITIS, HEAD AND NECK CANCER PATIENT.

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