Oral Cryotherapy Applied to Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy

Taste alteration can cause problems such as loss of appetite, inadequate energy intake and weight loss in oncology patients, increasing the risk of malnutrition and negatively affecting the quality of life of patients. It is thought that other problems mentioned can be prevented and quality of life can be improved with effective management of taste alteration. This study was planned as a randomized controlled, pre-test-post-test and experimental design to determine the effect of oral cryotherapy application on chemotherapy-induced taste alteration, thus on appetite level, malnutrition risk and quality of life.