Effect of peppermint inhalation versus Swedish massage on chemotherapy induced-nausea and vomiting in children with leukemia: Multi-arm randomised trial design.
- 2024-03-22
- RCT · n = 25
- Journal of pediatric nursing 77
- Eman Arafa Badr
- Hawaa Mohamed Abdalla
- Yousr Abd-Elsalam Gaafer
- Maha Youssef Kamel
- PubMed: 38518690
- DOI: 10.1016/j.pedn.2024.03.019
- High evidence
- Clinical
children in peppermint inhalation and Swedish massage groups showed significant reduction in mean total score of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting among peppermint inhalation and Swedish groups (15.120 ± 4.585 and 14.680 ± 3.158, respectively) was observed on third chemotherapy session than in control group (45.680 ± 5.793) (p < 0.001).
- Effect
- Beneficial
- Effect size
- Large
- Significant
- Yes