Status:
UNKNOWN
Aromatherapy Using a Nasal Clip After Surgery
Lead Sponsor:
Balanced Health plus
Collaborating Sponsors:
Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Conditions:
Post-operative Nausea
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The purpose of this follow up study is to determine the duration of action regarding aromatherapy to treat nausea occurring postoperatively.
Detailed Description
The primary hypothesis of the study is that post-operative patients who meet eligibility criteria and report nausea and receive a blend of 45% ginger, 25% peppermint, 5% spearmint, and 25% cardamom es...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- 18 years or over
- cognitively able to give consent based on nurse's assessment,
- having gynecological or other abdominal surgery
- not allergic to peppermint, spearmint, cardamom or ginger
- not receiving blood thinning medications
Exclusion
- less than 18 years old
- unable to cognitively give consent
- allergic to ginger, peppermint, cardamom or spearmint.
- receiving warfarin (Coumadin) or any antiplatelet drug (heparin, 325 mg Aspirin, clopidogrel (Plavix) or other) or a diagnosis of bleeding diatheses (predisposition to abnormal blood clotting/hemorrhage) will not be included in this study.
- all surgeries other than gynecological or abdominal surgery
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
June 1 2014
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
August 1 2016
Estimated Enrollment :
300 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT02189980
Start Date
June 1 2014
End Date
August 1 2016
Last Update
January 15 2016
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CMC -- University
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States, 28262