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Abstract

YAMAN and COLLEAGUES. (1)Department of Surgical Nursing, Sakarya University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Sakarya, Turkey.  ozge.yaman@omu.edu.tr .(2)Department of Surgical Nursing, Sakarya University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Sakarya, Turkey; (3)Department of General Surgery, Sakarya University, Faculty of Medicine, Sakarya, Turkey.; (4)Department of Infectious Diseases, Sakarya University, Faculty of Medicine, Sakarya, Turkey conducted a  randomized controlled study to investigate the effects of aromatherapy massage given to patients after colorectal cancer surgery on symptom management:

Background

It was aimed to investigate the effects of massage with or without aromatherapy given to patients after colorectal cancer surgery on symptom management in the first three postoperative days.

Methodology

This study was carried out with a pretest-post-test randomized controlled design. The study included the aromatherapy massage group (AG; n = 30), the classical massage group (MG; n = 30), and one control group (CG; n = 30). A blend of sweet almond oil, lavender, chamomile, and ginger oil was used in AG. Massage was applied to the foot area, and 20 min of classical massage was performed. Before the pretest, the participants were blinded by not informing them about their group allocations. The analyses were carried out using parametric methods.

Results

Postoperative pain varied significantly over time in all three groups (AG: p = 0.007; η2 = 0.150/MG: p = 0.008; η2 = 0.559/CG: p = 0.017; η2 = 0.132). Anxiety was found to differ between CG and AG and between CG and MG (p < 0.05). In all three groups, nausea-vomiting scores significantly decreased over time (AG: p = 0.002; η2 = 0.211/MG: p = 0.004; η2 = 0.164/CG: p = 0.021; η2 = 0.125). Sleep quality was significantly higher in the massage groups than in the control group only on the second postoperative day (p = 0.011).

Conclusion

Aromatherapy massage had no significant effect on pain, fatigue, nausea, or vomiting compared to MG and CG, and sleep quality was higher in the massage groups compared to CG only on the second postoperative day. On the first three postoperative days, the post-intervention anxiety levels of AG and MG were lower than those of CG. CLINICAL TRIALS: GOV.ID: NCT04810299. Copyright © 2024 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

References

Yaman O(1), Aygin D(2), Altintoprak F(3), Guclu E(4). The effects of aromatherapy massage given to patients after colorectal cancer surgery on symptom management: A randomized controlled study. Cancer 55. Complement Ther Clin Pract.;57:101900. doi: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2024.101900.  Epub 2024 Sep 2. Nov 2024.