ABSTRACT

Inflammation of the mucosa, or mucous membranes lining in mouth and entire gastrointestinal tract, is known as mucositis. It is a typical side effect of radiation or chemotherapy. The aim of the research was to assess the effect of honey and turmaric on oral mucositis. The research design selected for the study was non randomized comparative research design. Non probability convenience sampling techniques was used to obtain sample of 60 oral mucositis patients who satisfied the inclusion criteria. The pre and post test was conducted using the WHO oral mucositis scale. Following the pre-test, experimental group I was advised to apply honey and experimental group II was instructed to apply turmeric. The average pre-test score was 2.32 (standard deviation 0.56), the average post-test score was 0.52 (standard deviation 0.38) and the paired "t" value was 5.3256 in experimental group I. The paired "t" value for the experimental group 2 was 4.2356, the post test mean was 0.83 (standard deviation 0.49) and pre test mean was 2.53 (standard deviation 0.64). This demonstrates that honey was more successful in lowering levels of oral mucositis among cancer samples. Chi square analysis showed that there was no significant association between cancer patients with oral mucositis in experimental group I and II with their demographic and clinical variables except duration of illness, frequency of mouth care. Keywords: Honey, Turmeric, Oral, Mucositis, Cancer, Patients
Publication date: 01/05/2025

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https://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2025/14.5.8998