A Descriptive Study on Adverse Reactions of Chemotherapy and Assessment of Knowledge Score in Cancer Patients

Abstract

Even with the evolution of chemotherapeutic procedures and agents, chemotherapy may cause certain side effects that impair the patient's quality of life. The aim of this research was to isolate and describe the side effects arising only from chemotherapy. This paper comprises an extensive research of the main side effects affecting the health status of patients undergoing chemotherapy procedures. In addition, Cancer patients experience a variety of symptoms that can be physical or psychological. These symptoms may vary in terms of occurrence, severity and distress and can be the result of the illness or the treatment Palliative chemotherapy may be given to decrease the tumor size, control growth, and reduce symptoms. Salvage chemotherapy was given as an attempt to get a patient into remission, after previous therapies have failed 1. The Aim of our study was to find the chemotherapy induced complications and assessment of knowledge score in cancer patients.

Knowledge On Management Of Side Effects Of Chemotherapy Among Cancer Patients In A Hospital Of Bhaktapur

“…In the present study, more than half (54.8%) of the cancer patients knew that changing of menu and performing oral hygiene is the best way to manage alteration in taste which is similar to the study conducted in India where (45%) of the cancer patients knew that change of menu and oral hygiene is the best way to manage alteration in taste 1 . In this study, less than half (31.8%) of the cancer patients knew about eating high fibre food for the effective management of constipation which is contradictory to the study conducted in India where (56.25%) of the cancer patients knew about management of constipation 13 . This may be due to difference in sample size i.e.…”