The effect of peppermint on nausea severity.
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- ausea.Nausea and vomiting
- Registration Number
- IRCT2014041417267N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 120
Inclusion Criteria
Patients has been undergoing abdominal surgery; Having a good sense of smell(Ability to detect the scent of peppermint); Ages between 15 to 65 years; Having a good eyesight(to detect the severity of nausea on VAS); Having consciousness; Not suffering from asthma and other allergic diseases; Non-smoking; Receiving a type of anesthesia(general); Receiving a group of drug during anesthesia(Nesdonal and Isoflurane).
Exclusion Criteria
Patient with lack of cooperation during the study; Loss of consciousness; Receiving Antiemetic drugs; Receiving narcotic drug(Morphine and Pethidine)during the study.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method uasea severity. Timepoint: Before the intervention, 5 and 10 minutes after intervention. Method of measurement: Visual Analog Scale to assessment of nausea.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method