Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute
Children, ages 8 - 17, will be enrolled in a research study about the impact of aromatherapy on nausea in the pediatric rehabilitation unit.
Children will participate in the study for two weeks. One week the child will receive a aromatherapy product for nausea and the other week the child will not receive the product. If this aromatherapy is effective at decreasing nausea, the child may be more likely to participate in their rehabilitation therapy sessions. Information gathered during the study may potentially benefit other patients by helping to develop hospital practices of using aromatherapy in the pediatric rehabilitation unit. Children participating in the study may or may not help the child but may help children in the futu…
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients ages 8 to 17 years of age on the rehabilitation unit and service at Arkansas Children's Hospital * Patients with a Glascow Coma Scale (GCS) of 13-15 * Patients with a Rancho Los Amigos Revised Scale score of 5 or higher * Ability to read and write in English * Patient to have an expected length of stay of at least 2 weeks Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with any mechanical or obstructive pathophysiology (appendicitis, bowel obstruction, or intussusception, etc.) * Known allergy or sensitivity to lavender, peppermint, spearmint, or ginger * Patients with known a…
Study participants will participate in one week with aromatherapy treatment and one week without aromatherapy treatment (randomly ordered) to serve as their own control.
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