NCT02163369

The Use of Aromatherapy for Symptom Management

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Central DuPage Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this pilot study is to introduce the use of aromatherapy/essential oils to medical oncology patients at Central DuPage Hospital to assess their perceived effectiveness to relieve symptoms of nausea or vomiting and/or anxiety. Peppermint oil will be used for nausea/vomiting and lavender oil will be used for anxiety. This study will involve administration of aromatherapy to a convenience sample of patients, who will then be asked to complete a brief questionnaire. The questionnaire will involve a simple likert scale to measure efficacy (in the opinion of the patient) and simple multiple-choice questions to determine patients' likeliness to use aromatherapy again.

Conditions

• Nausea, Vomiting and Anxiety Associated With Medical Oncology Patients

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	Peppermint and Lavender Essential Oils

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-07-01
• Primary completion: 2015-06-01
• First posted: 2014-06-13
• Last updated: 2015-02-04

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States