Sunitha, G (2015) Effectiveness of normal saline mouth wash versus sodium bicarbonate mouth wash on oral mucositis among patients undergoing radiation therapy in oncology ward at Government Rajaji Hospital, Madurai. Masters thesis, College of Nursing, Madurai Medical College, Madurai.
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Title: Effectiveness of Normal saline mouth wash versus Sodium bicarbonate mouth wash on Oral mucositis among patients undergoing Radiation therapy in oncology ward at Government Rajaji Hospital Madurai. Objectives: Assess the level of Oral mucositis on patients undergoing Radiation therapy for Head and neck cancer.To evaluate the effectiveness of Normal saline mouth wash in Experimental group I and Sodium bicarbonate mouth wash in Experimental Group II .To compare the effectiveness between Normal saline mouth wash and Sodium bicarbonate mouth wash on Oral mucositis among patients undergoing Radiation therapy for Head and neck cancer.To associate the level of Oral mucositis among patients undergoing Radiation therapy with selected demographic and clinical variables. Hypotheses: There is a significant difference between the pre and post test level of Oral mucositis among patients undergoing Radiation therapy for Head and neck cancer in Experimental group I and II.There is a significant difference between the post test level of Oral mucositis between Experimental group I and II.There is a significant association between the level of Oral mucositis with selected demographic and clinical variables. Conceptual frame work: Modified J.W Kenny’s Open system model (1991). Methodology: Quantitative approach -True experimental-Comparative design was adopted.Sample size was 60( 30 samples in Group I and 30 samples in Group II),assigned by Simple random sampling technique-lottery method.National Cancer Institute- Common toxicity criteria-Oral mucositis grading scale was used to measure the pre test level of Oral mucositis.The intervention was administration of Normal saline mouth wash to Group I and Sodium bicarbonate mouth wash to Group II for 1 minute, 3 times a day for about 2 weeks.On 3rd week, post test was done by using the same tool. Findings: By using Mann Whitney “u” test, the median difference between the post test score is 2. The obtained “Z” value is 4.445 at p-value 0.000 level of significance. Conclusion: The findings proved that Normal saline mouth wash is very effective than Sodium bicarbonate mouth wash to reduce the level of Oral mucositis.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Normal Saline Mouth Wash ; Sodium Bicarbonate Mouth Wash ; Oral Mucositis ; Patients ; Radiation Therapy ; Oncology ; Madurai. |
| Subjects: | NURSING > Medical Surgical Nursing |
| Depositing User: | Ramakrishnan J |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Jul 2017 06:35 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Feb 2018 10:36 |
| URI: | http://repository-tnmgrmu.ac.in/id/eprint/1417 |
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