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.
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.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
184
the two drops of lavender essential oil will be dropped into the gauze and the patient will inhale it for 5 minutes.
the two drops of rose essential oil will be dropped into the gauze and the patient will inhale it for 5 minutes.
the two drops of ginger essential oil will be dropped into the gauze and the patient will inhale it for 5 minutes.
Gaziosmanpasa University Medical School Hospital
Tokat Province, Turkey (Türkiye)
The change of the nausea scores
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)
Time frame: During postoperative 24 hours
The change of the vomiting score
Vomiting will be measured with verbal descriptive scale (0=no vomiting, 1= 1 time, 2= 2 or 3 times, 3= 4 times and up)
Time frame: During postoperative 24 hours
The consumption of the antiemetic drug
The antiemetic drug dose will be recorded
Time frame: During postoperative 24 hours
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the two drops of pure water will be dropped into the gauze and the patient will inhale it for 5 minutes