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Exploring Aromatherapy Intervention in Acute Care

NCT04457947 · Status: UNKNOWN · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2020-07-10

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

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

Conditions

  • Pregnant Women
  • Surgical Patients

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Massachusetts General Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Amanda B Coakley, PhD · Massachusetts General Hospital

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
100 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-09-30
Primary Completion
2021-01-31
Completion
2021-01-31

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