Efficacy of smelling peppermint essential oil on patients with nausea referred to emergency department of Sina Hospital

Phase 3

Conditions: Condition 1: nausea. Condition 2: vomiting. Condition 3: pain. Condition 4: Duration of being in the emergency department. Condition 5: Patient satisfaction at discharge from emergency ward.
Nausea and vomiting
Pain, unspecified

Registration Number: IRCT20170609034406N6

Lead Sponsor: Tabriz University of Medical Sciences

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Complete

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 168

Inclusion Criteria

Age over 18 years
Ability to understand and sign a consent form
self-reported nausea severity of 3 or greater on a verbal numeric response scale (range 0 to 10)

Exclusion Criteria

known allergy to peppermint essential oil
inability to inhale through the nares ( include rhinitis)
recent intake of antivomiting medications including Ondansetron, Metoclopramide, Granisetron, Domperidone
clinical suspicion for serotonin syndrome
pregnancy
Changing the state of consciousness so as to prevent the understanding and signing of the informed consent form

Study & Design

Study Type: interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
ausea score. Timepoint: Immediately before intervention. 5?10?20?30?60 minutes after the intervention. Method of measurement: Verbal Numeric Scale.;Vomiting frequency. Timepoint: Immediately before intervention. 5?10?20?30?60 minutes after the intervention. Method of measurement: Standard questionnaire.;Pain score. Timepoint: Immediately before intervention. 5?10?20?30?60 minutes after the intervention. Method of measurement: Verbal Numeric Scale.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Duration of being in the emergency department. Timepoint: after the intervention. Method of measurement: previously designed checklist for recording the time.;Patient satisfaction at discharge from emergency ward. Timepoint: after the intervention. Method of measurement: previously designed checklist for recording patient satisfaction.