A survey of current practice with regard to oral care for children being treated for cancer

A. M. Glenny; F. Gibson; E. Auld; S. Coulson; J. E. Clarkson; J. V. Craig; O. B. Eden; H. V. Worthington; B. Pizer

doi:10.1016/j.ejca.2004.01.030

A survey of current practice with regard to oral care for children being treated for cancer

A. M. Glenny (Lead / Corresponding author)
, F. Gibson
, E. Auld
, S. Coulson
, J. E. Clarkson
, J. V. Craig
, O. B. Eden
, H. V. Worthington
, B. Pizer

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The aim of the study was to establish current UK oral care practice for children with cancer. A telephone survey of all 22 United Kingdom Children's Cancer Study Group (UKCCSG) centres was undertaken. Nineteen (86%) of the centres reported using guidelines/protocols for mouth care. The use of routine preventive oral care therapies showed the greatest variation between centres. Four centres (18%) did not use any prophylactic oral care therapy other than basic oral hygiene, whereas seven (32%) routinely used a combination of three or more agents. Chlorhexidine was the most frequently administered prophylactic therapy (17/22 centres, 77%), followed by nystatin (11/22 centres, 50%). There was little variation in advice given to parents/patients on basic oral hygiene. Regarding dental check-ups, 9/22 centres (41%) recommended children to attend a hospital-linked dental clinic. Only at 8/22 centres (36%) did children undergo a dental check-up before commencing cancer treatment. The survey identified significant variation in preventive oral care therapies and dental check-ups at the UKCCSG centres. Attention needs to be given to establishing evidence based, effective strategies.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1217-1224
Number of pages	8
Journal	European Journal of Cancer
Volume	40
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejca.2004.01.030
Publication status	Published - May 2004

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Keywords

Adolescent
Chemotherapy
Child
Child, preschool
Dental health surveys
Mouth diseases
Oral hygiene
Radiotherapy

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Oncology
Cancer Research

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