Use of Aromatherapy in Conjunction With Physical/Occupational Therapy in an Acute Care Setting

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Trial end date: 2022-04-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Use of inhaled essential oils to reduce the symptoms of pain or nausea, enabling a patient to have increase participation with PT or OT, thereby minimizing hospitalization-related risks and potentially reducing the length of stay in the hospital.

• Phase: Phase 1
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
• Collaborator: University Hospital
• Treatments: Peppermint oil

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Inpatients of acute care setting at University Health hospital

2. Provision of a signed and dated informed consent form

3. English or Spanish speaking

4. Male or Female, aged 18 years and older

5. Willing to comply with all study procedures

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Respiratory disorders, e.g., asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), chronic bronchitis, emphysema, lung cancer, cystic fibrosis, pneumonia, pleural effusion

2. Cognitive impairment

3. Unable to communicate

4. Admitted to the closed access unit or to psychiatry

5. Allergic to lavender, mandarin or peppermint oil

6. Diseases that cause olfactory disorders such as: COVID-19, benign growths or polyps, congestion from a cold, sinus infection or allergy flare-up

7. Drugs that may cause loss of the ability to smell e.g., intranasal zinc products, decongestant nose sprays and certain oral drugs such as nifedipine and phenothiazines

8. Pregnant women (self-reported)

9. Prisoner