ABSTRACT
Objective:To design and evaluate a new type of clothes for patients with reconstruction after oral cancer resection.Methods:According to the characteristics of patients after oral tumor resection and reconstruction, a new type of patient clothing was designed. From January 2018 to June 2018, 79 patients with oral malignant tumor radical resection combined with reconstruction were selected as the control group, using traditional patient clothing. 64 patients with the same operation were selected as the experimental group from July 2018 to December 2018, and the new patient clothing was used. The time of changing clothing, wearing comfort and privacy protection, the convenience for medical staff to observe and change wound dressing were to evaluate.Results:The clothing change time of the patients was (124.00±23.35) s in the experimental group, and (156.09±25.66) s in the control group,the difference was statistically significant( t value was 14.97, P<0.01). The scores of clothing comfort and privacy protection were 8.23±0.91, 7.17±0.94 in the experimental group, and 4.78±0.94, 5.50±0.89 in the control group, the difference were statistically significant( t values were -15.21, -9.95, P<0.01). The scores of medical staff observing wounds and changing wound dressings were 7.88±0.89, 7.87±0.83 in the experimental group, and 4.15±0.78, 4.15±0.78 in the control group, the difference was statistically significant( t values were -18.98, -17.75, P<0.01). Conclusions:The new clothes is effective for patients with reconstruction after oral cancer resection. It can be popularized in patients with oral cancer resection and reconstruction.