Study on Preventing AloPecia Caused by Chemotherapy With Cold Pillow Compress / 重庆医科大学学报

ABSTRACT

Objective: To explore the effect of cold pillow compress on Preventing alopecia caused by chemotherapy and afford some advice to nursing staff in their daily works for the patients treated with chemotherapy.Methods: Forty inpatients with tumor receiving chemotherapy were divided into two groups in random,twenty patients in each group.In observing group,cold pillow was compressed on the head and neck of patients twenty minutes before chemotherapy and lasted till chemotherapy was over.In control group on old pillow compress was used during chemotherapy.Sum of ranks were calculated for statistics analysis.Results: In observing group,of twenty patients,12 ones without alopecia,6 ones I degree alopecia,2 ones Ⅱdegree alopecia and no Ⅲdegree alopecia.However,in control group,all of twenty patients had alopecia in different degree,that is,none without alopecia,4 ones I degree alopcia,6 onesⅡdegree alopecia and 10,Ⅲ degree alopecia.There was significant difference between the two groups in statistics(P