Pregnant Women Clinical Trial
— AromatherapyOfficial title:
Exploring an Aromatherapy Intervention in an Acute Care Setting
This study aims to explore how the use of inhaled essential oils impacts the experience of a
laboring and postoperative surgical patient. It is expected that the aromatherapy
intervention will decrease levels of nausea, anxiety, and improve the perception of being
cared for in laboring mothers and patients recovering from surgery. By learning more about
aromatherapy, the investigators may be able to expand the aromatherapy intervention to more
patients in other Massachusetts General Hospital departments.
20 laboring patients will be recruited on admission to the labor and delivery inpatient unit.
They will be invited to participate in this study by nurses caring for them.
20 postoperative surgical patients will be recruited on admission to the surgical inpatient
unit. They will be invited to participate in this study by nurses caring for them
Status | Not yet recruiting |
Enrollment | 40 |
Est. completion date | January 2021 |
Est. primary completion date | January 2021 |
Accepts healthy volunteers | No |
Gender | All |
Age group | 18 Years to 100 Years |
Eligibility |
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Inpatient Blake 14 and Ellison 7 2. Able to give consent Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patients who have allergies or sensitivities to essential oils, lavender and ginger 2. Patients with bleeding or clotting disorder 3. Patients who are unable to give informed consent 4. Patients who are younger than 18 years old 5. Patients who are unable to read or write English - |
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Massachusetts General Hospital |
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Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
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Other | 3. To understand the impact of aromatherapy on anxiety as measured by Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7) scale | Measuring anxiety. A score of 10 or higher means significant anxiety is present | through study completion, an average six months | |
Other | 4. To understand the impact of aromatherapy on nausea as measured by VAS for nausea. | Measuring nausea. s a psychometric response scale which can be used in questionnaires. It is a measurement instrument for subjective characteristics or attitudes that cannot be directly measure.s a psychometric response scale which can be used in questionnaires. It is a measurement instrument for subjective characteristics or attitudes that cannot be directly measure. is a psychometric response scale which can be used in questionnaires. It is a measurement instrument for subjective characteristics or attitudes that cannot be directly measured. It is a meaurement instrument for subjective characteristics. ! being low and 10 being high | through study completion, an average six months | |
Other | 1. To qualitatively explore the overall experience of patients who have had an aromatherapy intervention | Understanding the experience of aromatherapy through qualitative open ended questions | through study completion, an average six months | |
Primary | 1. To understand the impact of aromatherapy on wellbeing as measured by the Warwick-Edinburgh mental well-being scale . | Measures well-being, 14 items with a 5 point likert scale, 1=none of the time and 5=all of the time | through study completion, an average six months | |
Primary | 2. To understand the impact of aromatherapy on perception of caring as measured by the Watson Caritas Patient Score | Assess patient perspective on compassionate care with a 7 point likert scale, 1= never, 7= always | through study completion, an average six months |
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