The Effect of Ice, Green Tea and Arnica Montana Application on Post-Operative Intubation Related Sore Throat and Hoarseness

Eastern Mediterranean University176 enrolled

Overview

The study was planned to determine the effect of arnica montana, green tea mouthwash and ice particles impregnation on postoperative sore throat and hoarseness.

Research Hypotheses Hl: Gargling with green tea after surgery reduces sore throat. H2: Impregnation of postoperative ice particles reduces sore throat. H3: Post-operative gargling with arnico montana reduces sore throat. H4: Gargling with green tea after surgery reduces hoarseness. H5: Impregnation of postoperative ice particles reduces hoarseness. H6: Postoperative mouthwash with arnico montana reduces hoarseness. Research Question 1. Do ice particles impregnation, gargling with green tea and gargling with arnico montana reduce intubation-related sore throat in patients undergoing general anesthesia? 2. Do ice particles impregnation, gargling with green tea and gargling with arnico montana reduce hoarseness due to intubation in patients undergoing general anesthesia?

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

QUADRUPLE

Enrollment

176

Conditions

Sore Throat Hoarseness

Interventions

ComparısonOTHER

Only evaluation will be made at 0, 4, 6, and 8 hours after surgery without intervention in the control group. For other groups; Evaluation will be made at the 0th hour after the operation without application. The application will be made at the 4th, 6th, and 8th hours after the surgery and the resulting pain and hoarseness will be evaluated.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * To agree to participate in the research, * To be 18 years or older, * To know how to read and write, * No hearing problem, * Not having difficulty in understanding, * To live before the operation, * Having experience before surgery, * The duration of the operation is 30 minutes or more,7 * No nasogastric catheter Exclusion Criteria: * Having a sore throat before surgery, * Having hoarseness before surgery, * To have oral and neck surgery, * Having a history of allergy, * Having a nasogastric catheter, * The duration of the operation is less than 30 minutes,

Locations (1)

Eastern Mediterranean University, Nursing Department, Faculty of Health Sciences

Famagusta, North Cyprus Via Mersin 10, Turkey, Ammochostos, Cyprus

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Stout's hoarseness evaluation form

Stout's hoarseness evaluation form maximum 0= sound normal minimum of 3 = complete silence, speech

Time frame: one day

visual analog scale

the visual analog scale criterion was used to evaluate sore throat. minimum 0 = no pain maximum 10 = severe pain

Time frame: one day

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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