NCT02732379.
| Trial name or title | Effect of aromatherapy on postoperative nausea, vomiting and quality of recovery |
| Methods | Study type: interventional Study design: allocation: randomized Intervention model: parallel assignment Masking: single blind (outcomes assessor) |
| Participants | 18‐65 years (adult) |
| Interventions | Experimental: lavender aromatherapy Aromatherapy with lavender essential oil. Procedure: lavender aromatherapy The 2 drops of lavender essential oil will be dropped into the gauze and the participant will inhale it for 5 min Other name: aromatherapy with lavender essential oil Experimental: rose aromatherapy Aromatherapy with rose essential oil. Procedure: rose aromatherapy The 2 drops of rose essential oil will be dropped into the gauze and the participant will inhale it for 5 min Other name: aromatherapy with rose essential oil Experimental: ginger aromatherapy Aromatherapy with ginger essential oil. Procedure: ginger aromatherapy The 2 drops of ginger essential oil will be dropped into the gauze and the participant will inhale it for 5 min Other name: aromatherapy with ginger essential oil Placebo comparator: placebo aromatherapy Aromatherapy with pure water. Procedure: placebo aromatherapy The 2 drops of pure water will be dropped into the gauze and the participant will inhale it for 5 min Other name: aromatherapy with pure water |
| Outcomes | Primary outcome measures Quality of recovery (time frame: at postoperative 24 h) Quality of recovery will be measured with Quality of recovery 40 questionnaire The change of the nausea scores (time frame: during postoperative 24 h) Nausea will be measured with verbal descriptive scale on 0‐3 Likert‐type scale (0 = no nausea, 1 = some, 2 = a lot, 3 = severe) The change of the vomiting score (time frame: during postoperative 24 h) 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 outcome measures The consumption of the antiemetic drug (time frame: during postoperative 24 h) The antiemetic drug dose will be recorded |
| Starting date | April 2016 |
| Contact information | Tugba Karaman, MD +90 356 212950090 356 2129500 ext 3495 drtugbaguler@hotmail.com |
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