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Volume 15, Issue 3 (12-2025)
cmja 2025, 15(3): 247-256 |
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Tabaraei K, Rahzani K, Mohaghegh , F, Hekmatpou D. Effect of Rose Essential Oil Aromatherapy on Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea and Vomiting. cmja 2025; 15 (3) :247-256
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1- Student of Nursing, Nursing Faculty, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak
2- Department of Nursing, Nursing Faculty, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran ,k.rahzani@yahoo.com
3- Department of Radiotherapy, khansari Hospital, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran
4- Department of Nursing, Nursing Faculty, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran
2- Department of Nursing, Nursing Faculty, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran ,
3- Department of Radiotherapy, khansari Hospital, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran
4- Department of Nursing, Nursing Faculty, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran
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Introduction: Nausea and vomiting are common adverse effects of chemotherapy in breast cancer patients, which may reduce treatment efficacy and quality of life. The present study aimed to investigate the effect of rose essential oil aromatherapy on these symptoms.
Methods: The present randomized clinical trial was conducted three times a day for every 76 patients undergoing chemotherapy at Ayatollah Khansari Hospital, Arak, Iran, in 2020. The patients were allocated into intervention (n=38) and control (n=38) groups. Twenty-four hours after intervention, nausea intensity was measured using a Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), and vomiting and retching frequencies were assessed using the Rhodes Index. The intervention group received pads containing 20 cc rose essential oil, while the control group received pads with distilled water. Data were analyzed using the SPSS (version 26) software.
Results: The groups showed no significant differences in demographic characteristics (marital status, occupation, education level, alcohol consumption, or motion sickness). Post-intervention, the mean nausea intensity was significantly higher in the control group (3.76±1.53) compared to the intervention group (2.63±1.73; P=0.003). The mean vomiting frequency was higher in the control group (0.210±0.52) than in the intervention group (0.026±0.16; P=0.043). Similarly, mean retching frequency showed significant differences between control (0.97±0.75) and intervention groups (0.5±0.86; P=0.013).
Conclusion: Rose essential oil aromatherapy may effectively reduce chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting in breast cancer patients as a non-invasive and safe complementary therapy.
Methods: The present randomized clinical trial was conducted three times a day for every 76 patients undergoing chemotherapy at Ayatollah Khansari Hospital, Arak, Iran, in 2020. The patients were allocated into intervention (n=38) and control (n=38) groups. Twenty-four hours after intervention, nausea intensity was measured using a Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), and vomiting and retching frequencies were assessed using the Rhodes Index. The intervention group received pads containing 20 cc rose essential oil, while the control group received pads with distilled water. Data were analyzed using the SPSS (version 26) software.
Results: The groups showed no significant differences in demographic characteristics (marital status, occupation, education level, alcohol consumption, or motion sickness). Post-intervention, the mean nausea intensity was significantly higher in the control group (3.76±1.53) compared to the intervention group (2.63±1.73; P=0.003). The mean vomiting frequency was higher in the control group (0.210±0.52) than in the intervention group (0.026±0.16; P=0.043). Similarly, mean retching frequency showed significant differences between control (0.97±0.75) and intervention groups (0.5±0.86; P=0.013).
Conclusion: Rose essential oil aromatherapy may effectively reduce chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting in breast cancer patients as a non-invasive and safe complementary therapy.
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