Head and neck cancer
Conditions
Interventions
experimental group:Transcutaneous Electrical Acupoint Stimulation
Control group:For sham transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation: The instruments, procedures, frequencies, durations, pulse frequencies and widths set for the intervention are all the same. Howe
Sponsors
Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 80 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Age over 18 years old; 2. Patients diagnosed with head and neck cancer by the hospital's pathology department and undergoing radiotherapy; 3. Patients are undergoing their first radiotherapy; 4. Karnofsky (KPS) functional status score >= 50 points, and without severe organic damage to the heart, liver, brain, kidney, etc.; 5. Expected survival period >= 6 months; 6. Patients voluntarily participate, conscious, able to communicate normally, and without mental illness or cognitive impairment.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients with complete loss of taste sensation; 2. Patients with taste disorders unrelated to head and neck tumors (such as taste disorders caused by central nervous system diseases, influenza, etc.); 3. Patients with total tongue resection or resection of the lingual nerve; 4. Patients using drugs and devices that affect taste function during radiotherapy (such as the radiation protection agent amitriptyline, the drug piracetam that increases saliva secretion, zinc preparations, oral supports or bite blocks, etc.); 5. Patients known or suspected to be allergic to the test-related materials or have corresponding contraindications; 6. Patients with damaged or swollen skin at the selected acupoints.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Objective taste score; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Subjective taste evaluation;The situation of appetite;Quality of life; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactLili Hou
The Nursing Department of the Ninth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine
Outcome results
None listed