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ArticleJournal of family medicine and primary care2019

Effect of mint aroma on nausea, vomiting and anxiety in pregnant women.

Azam Amzajerdi, Maryam Keshavarz, Ali Montazeri, Reza Bekhradi

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Article in Journal of family medicine and primary care, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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4 authors.

Azam AmzajerdiSchool of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Maryam KeshavarzDepartment of Midwifery and Reproductive Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery/Nursing Care Research Center (NCRC), Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Ali MontazeriDepartment of Mental Health Research, Health Metrics Research Center, Iranian Institute for Health Sciences Research, ACECR, Kashan, Iran.
Reza BekhradiBarij Medicinal Plants Research Center, Kashan, Iran.

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6 · The paper itself

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objectivesVarious researches reported about the association between anxiety with nausea and vomiting of pregnancy. This study was designed to determine the effect of mint aroma on nausea, vomiting, and anxiety in pregnant women.

methodsThis quasi-experimental interventional study was carried out on 66 pregnant women, with a range from the mild to moderate nausea and vomiting of pregnancy, who were admitted to the prenatal care unit. During one week, twice a day, samples in mint and placebo groups, used mint and sesame oil, respectively. Rhodes nausea and vomiting questionnaire and state anxiety inventory scale (STAI) (Spiel Berger) was completed by all mothers before and after the intervention.

resultsAfter intervention, there was a significant difference in the overall mean score of Rhodes index (

conclusionThe results showed that mint aroma can be effective in reducing nausea and vomiting of pregnancy without any effect on state anxiety.

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Anxietymint aromanauseavomiting

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PMID31548939
PMCPMC6753788

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