Table 5. Association of APHO nursing intervention with demographic variables.

APHO: Application of an Oral Regimen, Practicing Oral Health, Health Education to Caregivers, and Observation

Demographic Variable	Normal	Grade 1	Grade 2	Total	Chi-square	Df	P-Value
Age in years
1 to 3 Years	0	4	0	4	5.34	3	0.148 NS
4 to 6 Years	6	15	0	21
7 to 9 Years	4	6	0	10
10 to12 Years	6	4	0	10
Gender
Male	9	18	0	27	0.145	1	0.703 NS
Female	7	11	0	18
Diagnosis
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia	5	16	0	21	13.31	10	0.206 NS
Acute Myeloid Leukemia	2	0	0	2
Ewing Sarcoma	1	0	0	1
Germ Cell Tumour	0	1	0	1
Hodgkin’s Lymphoma	3	3	0	6
Medulloblastoma	1	0	0	1
Neuroblastoma	0	1	0	1
Non- Hodgkin’s Lymphoma	2	3	0	5
Osteogenic Sarcoma	1	3	0	4
Rhabdomyosarcoma	1	0	0	1
Wilm’s tumour	0	2	0	2
Cycle of chemotherapy
1st cycle	6	10	0	16	2.96	4	0.56 NS
2nd Cycle	4	8	0	12
3rd Cycle	2	6	0	8
4th Cycle	0	2	0	2
5th Cycle	4	3	0	7
Therapy Length
1 day	0	0	0	0	6.65	4	0.156 NS
2 days	0	0	0	0
3 days	1	0	0	1
4 days	0	1	0	1
5 days	31	9	22	31
6 days	10	4	6	10
7 days	0	0	0	0
8 days	2	2	0	2