The effect of aromatherapy with lemon essential oils on nausea, vomiting and anxiety in patients undergoing chemotherapy
Not Applicable
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Condition 1: Nausea and vomiting. Condition 2: Anxiety.Nausea and vomitingAnxiety disorder due to known physiological conditionF06.4
- Registration Number
- IRCT20111210008348N45
- Lead Sponsor
- Kashan University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 50
Inclusion Criteria
Patients over 18 years
Patients with breast and esophageal, gastric and intestinal cancers (due to the same drugs used)
Healthy sense of smell: Measurement by smelling alcohol
No history of asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Lack of sensitivity to plant essential oils
Having a minimum nausea score of 2 based on vas criteria on the first day of study
No more anxiety score of 63
Do not take sedatives or other medications (such as using herbal essential oils, regular exercise) to reduce anxiety for six weeks before the intervention
Not addicted to drugs
Perform chemotherapy once a week
Patients with stage I, II cancer
The goal of chemotherapy is therapy
Exclusion Criteria
Use of other Complementary therapies
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ausea, vomiting. Timepoint: Before and during the intervention. Method of measurement: Visual criteria for nausea and vomiting.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method A??nxiety. Timepoint: Before and during the study. Method of measurement: Spielberger's Anxiety Questionnaire.