Nausea of chemotherapy patients.
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention 1: Intervention group: Lavender essential oil group, chemical compounds linalyl acetate 25-47, linalool 20-45, cineol maximum 2.5%, limonene maximum 1%, camphor maximum 1.2%, alpha-terpin
Sponsors
Hamedan University of Medical Sciences
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 60 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Do not use aromatherapy in the past month No allergic rhinitis, asthma, chronic lung disease, sleep disorders, and other chronic diseases that affect the sense of smell No history of allergy to medicinal plants Have a course of at least 3 days of chemotherapy.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Occurrence of a stressful event: death of relatives, divorce, etc. during the study Using other complementary medicine interventions while studying Symptoms of sensitivity to the used fragrance Having pain while studying
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Nausea score on visual analog scale is less than 5. Timepoint: Measurement of nausea at the beginning of the intervention (before the intervention) and 1, 2, 3 and the day after inhalation of lavender, rose and placebo essential oils. Method of measurement: Visual Analogue Scale. | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
Public ContactZahra Kordvarkaneh
Hamedan University of Medical Sciences
Outcome results
None listed