Comparison Between Aromatherapy Massage with Peppermint Oil and Sweet Almond Oil on Pain, Vomiting and Vital Signs after Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Surgery

• Register: IRCT
• Last refreshed on: 22 February 2018
• Main ID: IRCT2014021914802N2
• Date of registration: 2014-08-16
• Prospective Registration: No
• Primary sponsor: vice-chancellor for research and technology of Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences
• Public title: Comparison Between Aromatherapy Massage with Peppermint Oil and Sweet Almond Oil on Pain, Vomiting and Vital Signs after Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Surgery
• Scientific title: Comparisons between aromatherapy massage with peppermint oil and sweet almond oil on pain, nausea, vomiting and physiological parameters after Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Surgery
• Date of first enrolment: 2013-12-22
• Target sample size: 60
• Recruitment status: Complete
• URL: http://en.irct.ir/trial/14309
• Study type: interventional
• Study design: Randomization: Randomized, Blinding: Single blinded, Placebo: Not used, Assignment: Parallel, Purpose: Treatment.
• Phase: N/A

Countries of recruitment

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

• Name: Sara Adarvishi
• Affiliation: Ahvaz Jundishapor University of Medical Sciences

• Name: Sadigheh Fayazi
• Affiliation: Ahvaz Jundishapor University of Medical Sciences

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria : Being over 18 years of age; Ability to understand and speak Persian; No history of any previous gastrointestinal disorders; No history of motion sickness; Dizziness and lack of movement; Lack of drug addiction; No use of anticoagulant drugs; No hemorrhagic disease; History of eczema; History of dermatitis or psoriasis, scars and burns on the hands and feet; Failure to participate in the risk of aspiration and the incidence of illus(eg, background radiation, excessive sedation, Anastomosis and receiving)
Exclusion criteria: Pain during the intervention; More patients withdrew from participation in the study; Need for blood transfusion in recovery room.
Exclusion criteria:

Age minimum: 18 years
Age maximum: 70 years
Gender: Both

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Calculus of gallbladder without cholecystitis

Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy.
Calculus of gallbladder without cholecystitis

Intervention(s)

Intervention 1: For the intervention Group 1:After surgery as the patients experience postoperative pain and nausea, researcher washes and dries her hands and then applies petrissage by clockwise circular movements with his middle finger rotating on PC6, LI11 and LI4 points on each hand, and SP6, ST36, and LIV3 points on each foot respectively with 3 drops of peppermint oil until the patient feels the pressure, and he will do this procedure 5 minutes for each organ. If there is any intravenous catheter, massage on that area of the hand will not be performed. Intervention 2: For Control Group 2: After surgery ,as the patients experience postoperative pain and nausea, the researcher washes and dries her hands and then applies petrissage by clockwise circular movements with his middle finger rotating on PC6, LI11, and LI4 points on each hand as well as SP6, ST36, and LIV3 points on each foot respectively with 3 drops of peppermint oil until the patient feels the pressure ,and he will do this procedure 5 minutes for each organ. If there is any intravenous catheter, massage on that area of the hand will not be performedIf there is any intravenous catheter, massage on that area of the hand will not be performed.For male patients Massage by a collaborator  Training is exactly as Researcher And coincides with the Get expert cam And run for at least 4 patients And has been approved, will be implemented.

For the intervention Group 1:After surgery as the patients experience postoperative pain and nausea, researcher washes and dries her hands and then applies petrissage by clockwise circular movements with his middle finger rotating on PC6, LI11 and LI4 points on each hand, and SP6, ST36, and LIV3 points on each foot respectively with 3 drops of peppermint oil until the patient feels the pressure, and he will do this procedure 5 minutes for each organ. If there is any intravenous catheter, massage on that area of the hand will not be performed

For Control Group 2: After surgery ,as the patients experience postoperative pain and nausea, the researcher washes and dries her hands and then applies petrissage by clockwise circular movements with his middle finger rotating on PC6, LI11, and LI4 points on each hand as well as SP6, ST36, and LIV3 points on each foot respectively with 3 drops of peppermint oil until the patient feels the pressure ,and he will do this procedure 5 minutes for each organ. If there is any intravenous catheter, massage on that area of the hand will not be performedIf there is any intravenous catheter, massage on that area of the hand will not be performed.For male patients Massage by a collaborator  Training is exactly as Researcher And coincides with the Get expert cam And run for at least 4 patients And has been approved, will be implemented.

Treatment - Other

Primary Outcome(s)

Respiratory rate. Timepoint: 0,6,12,24 hours after intervention. Method of measurement: Observation chest in a minute.

Nausea and Vomitting. Timepoint: 0,6,12,24 hours after intervention. Method of measurement: Visual Analog Scale.

Pain. Timepoint: 0,6,12,24 hours after intervention. Method of measurement: Visual Analog scale.

Blood pressure. Timepoint: 0,6,12,24 hours after intervention. Method of measurement: Portable analog pressure gauge.

Heart Rte. Timepoint: 0,6,12,24 hours after intervention. Method of measurement: Radial Pulse.

Source(s) of Monetary Support

vice-chancellor for research and technology of Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences

Ethics review

Status: Approved
Approval date:
Contact:

Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences Ethics Committee