Aromatherapy Using a Nasal Clip After Surgery
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 300
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Duration of effectiveness of the essential oil blend
研究概览
简要总结
The purpose of this follow up study is to determine the duration of action regarding aromatherapy to treat nausea occurring postoperatively.
详细描述
The primary hypothesis of the study is that post-operative patients who meet eligibility criteria and report nausea and receive a blend of 45% ginger, 25% peppermint, 5% spearmint, and 25% cardamom essential oils while using a nasal clip to facilitate inhalation will have more relief from nausea than those who receive normal saline inhalation using the same delivery system.
The secondary purposes of the study is to determine the duration of effectiveness of the essential oil blend as compared to the saline in the relief of post-operative nausea and to investigate the degree of comfort participants report using the nasal clip delivery system for aromatherapy.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Supportive Care
- 盲法
- Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •18 years or over
- •cognitively able to give consent based on nurse's assessment,
- •having gynecological or other abdominal surgery
- •not allergic to peppermint, spearmint, cardamom or ginger
- •not receiving blood thinning medications
排除标准
- •less than 18 years old
- •unable to cognitively give consent
- •allergic to ginger, peppermint, cardamom or spearmint.
- •receiving warfarin (Coumadin) or any antiplatelet drug (heparin, 325 mg Aspirin, clopidogrel (Plavix) or other) or a diagnosis of bleeding diatheses (predisposition to abnormal blood clotting/hemorrhage) will not be included in this study.
- •all surgeries other than gynecological or abdominal surgery
结局指标
主要结局
Duration of effectiveness of the essential oil blend
时间窗: Immediately to one-day post-operative
Evidence of effectiveness of tested aromatherapy blend in reducing symptoms of post-operative nausea as measured by patient self-report using Likert-type scale measure.
次要结局
- Participant comfort using the nasal clip delivery system(Immediately post-op to one-day post-op)