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Mucositis Ethical Issues

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8 Patients right and Ethical concerns
Ethical approval was obtained from the relevant ethics panel of college of Nursing, Mansoura-University to carry out the study. Verbal consent was obtained from every patient before his/her inclusion into the study after clarification of the aims of the study. The researcher emphasised that participation is is completely voluntary and patients may withdraw from the study at any time .confidential. Anonymity, privacy, rights, safety of the sample was completely assured from the start of the study.
2.9 Data analysis
Data was analyzed by adapting SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) version fifteen.. Qualitative data was presented as number and percent. Comparison between groups was done by Chi-Square …show more content…

World Health Organization estimates that '84' million individuals will die of cancer between 2005 and 2015. Oral Mucositis is a frequently occurring and debilitating complication of chemotherapy. Consequently Oral Mucositis will result in malnutrition, fluid electrolyte imbalances, and different complications such as infection. In spite of large choice of prophylactic agents offered, there's very little consistency among institutions, and many commonly used interventions are not evidence-based. As well as, however Cryotherapy has shown some positive effects in preventing Mucositis, there are still some shortcomings for this intervention such as limited number of supporting studies which are predominantly designed on chemotherapy, for the above reasons . the researcher motivated to undertake this study. As ice cubes may be prepared promptly available and cheaper, individuals undergoing chemotherapy might effectively use this in their due course of therapy. Therefore, this study was conducted to evaluate the of Cryotherapy on incidence and severity of chemotherapy-induced Oral Mucositis and Oral Mucositis related pain in patients treated with combined chemotherapy (Fluorouracil and Leucovorin) “Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.” James

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