Beta
404627

Effect of Post Radiation Instruction on Skin Outcomes among Patients Receiving Radiotherapy

Article

Last updated: 13 Jan 2025

Subjects

-

Tags

-

Abstract

Background: Head and neck cancer is considering one of the most aggressive diseases that require extensive radiotherapy. This type of treatment modalities has a lot of side effect the more prevalence at the skin manifestation therefore it was crucial to try to minimize such disturbing side effect, Aim: The effect of post-radiation instruction on skin outcomes among patients with head and neck  cancer receiving radiotherapy. incompletnd timedata not covered??/Subject and Methods: Design: Quasi-experimental, time series design. Setting: study was conducted in Clinical Oncology Department at Kasr El Eini. Sample: A convenient nonprobability sample of 80 patients with head and neck cancer, divided into two groups. Tools of data collection. Tool A:  demographic data sheet, Tool B: RTOG, skin assessment tool. Results: There is an increase in patients' compliance among study group after application of educational instruction compared to control group with statistical significant at p value (0.05*) X2= 0.86, as well as, highly statistical significance differences between case and control group as to  ROTG2 the maximum 17.5% to 47.0% between study and control group consecutively Conclusion: the patients who received skin management instruction have less main score of skin assessment from patient with routine care and the mean score of patient compliance relate negatively with the total mean score of skin assessment tool. Recommendations: Replication of the study on a larger probability sample selected from different geographical areas. The educational instruction for skin management during radio therapy should become an integrated part of the total management regimen.

DOI

10.21608/ejnsr.2024.331076.1404

Keywords

Radiation instructions, skin outcomes, Radiotherapy

Authors

First Name

Basma

Last Name

KOrany

MiddleName

Magdy

Affiliation

Lecturer at medical surgical nursing department, faculty of nursing, Cairo University

Email

basmamagi@cu.edu.eg

City

المعادى

Orcid

-

First Name

Samah

Last Name

Fathi

MiddleName

Waheed

Affiliation

Lecturer at medical surgical nursing department, faculty of nursing ,Cairo University

Email

samah.waheed@cu.edu.eg

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Rehab

Last Name

Abdelkader

MiddleName

Mohamed

Affiliation

Lecture at Medical Surgical Nursing Department, faculty of Nursing, Cairo University

Email

ci.rehabmohamed@gmail.com

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Fayza

Last Name

Ibrahim

MiddleName

Ahmed

Affiliation

Lecture at medical surgical nursing department, faculty of nursing, Cairo University

Email

fofa_hona_mora@cu.edu.eg

City

-

Orcid

-

Volume

6

Article Issue

1

Related Issue

53018

Issue Date

2025-01-01

Receive Date

2024-10-24

Publish Date

2025-01-01

Page Start

1

Page End

20

Online ISSN

2682-4574

Link

https://ejnsr.journals.ekb.eg/article_404627.html

Detail API

http://journals.ekb.eg?_action=service&article_code=404627

Order

404,627

Type

Original Article

Type Code

1,241

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

International Egyptian Journal of Nursing Sciences and Research

Publication Link

https://ejnsr.journals.ekb.eg/

MainTitle

Effect of Post Radiation Instruction on Skin Outcomes among Patients Receiving Radiotherapy

Details

Type

Article

Created At

13 Jan 2025