Impact of Aromatherapy on Nausea in Hospitalized Children Undergoing Rehabilitation: A Nurse-led Approach
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- Enrolling By Invitation
- 入组人数
- 10
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Overall Wellbeing
研究概览
简要总结
Children, ages 8 - 17, will be enrolled in a research study about the impact of aromatherapy on nausea in the pediatric rehabilitation unit.
详细描述
Children will participate in the study for two weeks. One week the child will receive a aromatherapy product for nausea and the other week the child will not receive the product.
If this aromatherapy is effective at decreasing nausea, the child may be more likely to participate in their rehabilitation therapy sessions. Information gathered during the study may potentially benefit other patients by helping to develop hospital practices of using aromatherapy in the pediatric rehabilitation unit.
Children participating in the study may or may not help the child but may help children in the future:
- Children may have less nausea, which could help them feel better, more likely to participate in their rehabilitation activities, and may be able to take better care of themselves.
- Children may have a reduction in the need for taking medications that help nausea.
- The research may benefit children in the future by helping to develop hospital practices about using aromatherapy in pediatric rehabilitation.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Case Crossover
- 时间视角
- Prospective
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 8 Years 至 17 Years（Child）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Patients ages 8 to 17 years of age on the rehabilitation unit and service at Arkansas Children's Hospital
- •Patients with a Glascow Coma Scale (GCS) of 13-15
- •Patients with a Rancho Los Amigos Revised Scale score of 5 or higher
- •Ability to read and write in English
- •Patient to have an expected length of stay of at least 2 weeks
排除标准
- •Patients with any mechanical or obstructive pathophysiology (appendicitis, bowel obstruction, or intussusception, etc.)
- •Known allergy or sensitivity to lavender, peppermint, spearmint, or ginger
- •Patients with known asthma and/or pulmonary conditions
- •Wards of the State or any other agency or institution
结局指标
主要结局
Overall Wellbeing
时间窗: Two week duration
Is there an improvement in overall wellbeing as evidenced by a rate of change in nausea with the implementation of aromatherapy in pediatric patients on an inpatient rehabilitation unit? The Baxter Animated Retching Faces (BARF) scale will be used along with a patient diary where patients record how they are feeling. The BARF scale has 6 faces with assigned scores ranging from 0 to 10 with a score difference of 2 between each face (a higher score indicates more nausea).
次要结局
- Change in Nausea(Two week duration)
- Symptoms of Nausea(Two week duration)
研究者
AustinLovenstein
Submitted on behalf of Laikin Ulrich, RN IV Care Coordinator, Acute Care Rehabilitation
Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute