Trial reportRevista latino-americana de enfermagem2019
Menthol chewing gum on preoperative thirst management: randomized clinical trial.
Trial report in Revista latino-americana de enfermagem, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07069010 (Evaluation of Burnout Syndrome Among Healthcare Professionals in Intensive Care Units Within the EPIC), which is not on this map. Cited by 8 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Evaluation of Burnout Syndrome Among Healthcare Professionals in Intensive Care Units Within the EPIC (Enhancing Palliative Care in ICU) Research
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 24 citations in OpenAlex.
- Peri-operative fasting in adults: an international, multidisciplinary consensus statement.Anaesthesia · 2026Pooled it
- The effect of oral stimulants on thirst of patients in the post-operative period: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.BMC oral health · 2025Pooled it
- The effect of gum chewing on xerostomia and salivary flow rate in elderly and medically compromised subjects: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC oral health · 2023Pooled it
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- Anxiolytic effects of chewing gum during preoperative fasting and patient-centered outcome in female patients undergoing elective gynecologic surgery: randomized controlled study.Scientific reports · 2022Trial
- Effect of frozen saline and menthol gum on thirst level after abdominal surgery: A mixed-methods study.Nursing in critical care · 2025Article
- Clinical validation of the nursing diagnostic proposition perioperative thirst.Revista latino-americana de enfermagem · 2023Article
- Ileum transcriptional response to prolonged supplementation with phytogenic product containing menthol, carvacrol and carvone.Heliyon · 2022Article
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6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectiveto evaluate the effectiveness of menthol chewing gum, in the relief of the intensity and discomfort of the surgical patient's thirst in the preoperative period.
methoda randomized controlled trial, with 102 patients in the preoperative period, randomized in a control group, with usual care, and an experimental group, which received menthol gum, which was the study treatment variable. The primary clinical outcome was the variation in thirst intensity, evaluated by the Numeral Verbal Scale, and the secondary, the variation of the discomfort of thirst, evaluated by the Perioperative Thirst Discomfort Scale. Mann-Whitney test was used to compare measures between groups. The significance level adopted was of 0.05.
resultsmenthol chewing gum significantly reduced the intensity (p <0.001), with Cohen's medium-effect d, and thirst discomfort (p <0.001), with a large-effect Cohen's d.
conclusionmenthol chewing gum was effective in reducing the intensity and discomfort of preoperative thirst. The strategy proved to be an innovative, feasible and safe option in the use for the surgical patient, in the management of the preoperative thirst, in elective surgeries. NCT: 03200197.
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