ArticleJournal of holistic nursing : official journal of the American Holistic Nurses' Association2021
Peppermint Essential Oil for Nausea and Vomiting in Hospitalized Patients: Incorporating Holistic Patient Decision Making Into the Research Design.
Article in Journal of holistic nursing : official journal of the American Holistic Nurses' Association, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. It is linked to trial NCT06045078 (Aromatherapy for Post-operative Anxiety and Pain After Primary Unilateral Total Knee Replacement), which is not on this map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Aromatherapy for Post-operative Anxiety and Pain After Primary Unilateral Total Knee Replacement: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
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3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Erratum issued
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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
aimsThis study examined nausea and vomiting (N/V) in hospitalized patients following the use of inhaled peppermint essential oil (aromatherapy) compared to combined aromatherapy/antiemetics or antiemetics alone. METHOD AND MATERIALS: A total of 103 hospitalized patients were offered one of three options to control N/V. Patient choice was considered in the holistic trial design so that patients were not denied either the essential oil or antiemetics. Patients rated nausea 0 to 10 on the Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale at symptom onset and within 60 minutes of the intervention.
resultsOnly three subjects enrolled in the antiemetic arm; thus this arm was eliminated from analysis, resulting in 100 evaluable patients. Mean nausea score improved significantly for the entire sample following the aromatherapy or aromatherapy/antiemetic intervention (
conclusionsPeppermint essential oil is an effective independent or complementary modality for relief of N/V in hospitalized patients. Research designs that incorporate patient decision making should be considered for studies in which placebos do not contribute to holistic care.
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