Palliative oral care in terminal cancer patients: Integrated review

Table 2 Prevalence of oral complications in examined patients (%)

Ref.	Xerostomia	Eat/Swallowing problems	Mucositis	Dysgeusia	Oral pain
Fischer et al[17], 2014	91	61	-	71	23
Sweeney et al[18], 1998	90	-	-	-	31
Oneschuk et al[13], 2000	88	-	-	-	16.1
Wilberg et al[11], 2012	78	56	-	68	-
Davies et al[12], 2008	67	-	-	-	-
Matsuo et al[14], 2016	64.7	29.5	-	-	-
Nakajima[23], 2017	63	-	13.9	-	-
Bagg et al[15], 2003	48	-	-	-	-
Xu et al[19], 2013	-	-	20.5	-	-
Mean	73.7	48.8	17.2	70	23.3