Self-Care Strategies to Cope With Taste Changes After Chemotherapy
| العنوان: | Self-Care Strategies to Cope With Taste Changes After Chemotherapy |
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| المؤلفون: | Rita Wickham, Maureen Rehwaldt, Sandy Purl, Carol Blendowski, Joseph D. Tariman, Susan Shott, Mary Lappe |
| المصدر: | Oncology Nursing Forum. 36:E47-E56 |
| بيانات النشر: | Oncology Nursing Society (ONS), 2009. |
| سنة النشر: | 2009 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Male, Taste, medicine.medical_specialty, Teaching Materials, medicine.medical_treatment, Nursing assessment, Antineoplastic Agents, Nursing Methodology Research, Nurse's Role, Article, Statistics, Nonparametric, Taste Disorders, Patient Education as Topic, Nursing, Surveys and Questionnaires, Adaptation, Psychological, medicine, Humans, skin and connective tissue diseases, Intensive care medicine, Nursing Assessment, Chemotherapy, Chi-Square Distribution, business.industry, Middle Aged, Oral Hygiene, Self Care, Nursing Evaluation Research, Taste disorder, Needs assessment, Self care, Female, Illinois, sense organs, business, Needs Assessment |
| الوصف: | To describe factors related to taste changes, to examine patients' use of a self-care suggestion sheet to manage taste changes associated with chemotherapy, and to identify potentially useful strategies for managing specific taste changes after chemotherapy.Quasi-experimental, pre/post design.Four outpatient urban and suburban oncology centers in Illinois.42 patients who had received at least two cycles of chemotherapy previously identified to be associated with taste changes.Pre- and postintervention survey of taste changes; patient education regarding self-care for taste changes.Taste changes, taste change strategies, and self-care.Most patients that reported taste changes had affected their ability to eat. Taste changes and strategies varied somewhat according to chemotherapy regimen. Avoiding strong-smelling or -tasting foods, eating blander foods, drinking more water with foods, oral care before eating, and eating smaller, more frequent meals were reported to help.Taste changes are common in patients receiving cisplatin, carboplatin, or cyclophosphamide. At-risk patients may benefit from prechemotherapy teaching regarding specific taste change management suggestions. Use of a taste change suggestion sheet encouraged self-care, and counseling patients regarding strategies to deal with taste changes may help them during chemotherapy.Nurses should incorporate patient education tools that promote self-care regarding the management of taste changes in patients with known factors that could affect taste early in their chemotherapy. |
| تدمد: | 1538-0688 0190-535X |
| DOI: | 10.1188/09.onf.e47-e56 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::c2022e2eb30f2ca3db22600e0e5c2ac3 https://doi.org/10.1188/09.onf.e47-e56 |
| Rights: | OPEN |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi.dedup.....c2022e2eb30f2ca3db22600e0e5c2ac3 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 15380688 0190535X |
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| DOI: | 10.1188/09.onf.e47-e56 |