The effect of aromatherapy with Orange Spring on nausea and vomiting
- Conditions
- Breast cancer.Malignant neoplasm of breast
- Registration Number
- IRCT20240305061177N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 100
Women aged 18- 80 years
Women with a definite diagnosis of breast cancer in stage 2 and 3, without metastasis
Treating with standard and identical AC-T chemotherapy protocol
Women who were receiving chemotherapy and experienced nausea and/or vomiting of any severity
Have at least two remaining chemotherapy courses using similar chemotherapeutic agents
Not pregnant
Being literate in reading and writing
Having a healthy sense of smell and taste according to the patient's self-report
Absence of known mental and Psychiatric diseases according to the patient's self-declaration
No history of allergy to plants and Orang Spring according to the patient's self-report
Not suffering from respiratory diseases such as asthma, allergic diseases and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease according to the patient's self-report.
Using the same anti-nausea and vomiting regimen in all patients
Non-use of other complementary medicine methods at the time of participating in the research
Absence of epilepsy according to the patient's self-report
Unwillingness to continue participating in the study
Failure to use the aroma according to the program provided to the patient
Concurrent chemotherapy with radiotherapy
Suffering any diseases or conditions that lead to nausea and vomiting, such as liver failure, kidney failure, digestive problems, acute stage of hepatitis B, obstruction of the digestive tract, and brain malignancies according to the patient's self-report.
Anticipatory nausea and vomiting. It means nausea and vomiting that has a psychological aspect and usually occurs a few hours before chemotherapy, which is caused by talking or thinking about chemotherapy.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ausea and Vomiting. Timepoint: Up to 5 days after the intervention. Method of measurement: Rhodes nausea and vomiting index.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method