Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting
Conditions
Keywords
Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting, Aromatherapy, Quality of Health Care
Brief summary
The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of the aromatherapy with lavender, rose or ginger essential oils on nausea, vomiting and postoperative quality of recovery scores in patients with postoperative nausea and vomiting.
Detailed description
Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting (PONV) relief is still challenge for the anesthesiologist. Pharmacological therapies is also cornerstone for treatment of PONV. Although future researches are needed, there is some proofs about the aromatherapy could provide an inexpensive, noninvasive and effective treatment for PONV.
Interventions
PROCEDURELavender Aromatherapy
the two drops of lavender essential oil will be dropped into the gauze and the patient will inhale it for 5 minutes.
PROCEDURERose Aromatherapy
the two drops of rose essential oil will be dropped into the gauze and the patient will inhale it for 5 minutes.
PROCEDUREGinger Aromatherapy
the two drops of ginger essential oil will be dropped into the gauze and the patient will inhale it for 5 minutes.
PROCEDUREPlacebo Aromatherapy
the two drops of pure water will be dropped into the gauze and the patient will inhale it for 5 minutes
Sponsors
Tokat Gaziosmanpasa University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
: * Be scheduled for elective surgery * Have a postoperative nausea and vomiting
Exclusion criteria
* Age \> 65years or \<18 years * Not accepted to inhale lavender, rose or ginger oil * Preoperative predications with anti emetic drugs * Pregnancy or breastfeeding * Asthma, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease * Poor sense of smell * Allergy to the lavender, rose or ginger oil
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| The change of the nausea scores | During postoperative 24 hours | Nausea will be measured with verbal descriptive scale on 0 to 3 Likert-type scale(0=no nausea, 1=some, 2= a lot, 3= severe) |
| The change of the vomiting score | During postoperative 24 hours | Vomiting will be measured with verbal descriptive scale (0=no vomiting, 1= 1 time, 2= 2 or 3 times, 3= 4 times and up) |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| The consumption of the antiemetic drug | During postoperative 24 hours | The antiemetic drug dose will be recorded |
Countries
Turkey (Türkiye)
Outcome results
None listed