Effect of Aromatherapy Massage on Pain and Anxiety After Mastectomy

Launched by ISTANBUL MEDIPOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL · Dec 19, 2022

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ClinConnect Summary

Breast cancer ranks first among the most common cancers in women in Turkey, and one out of every four women diagnosed in 2014 was breast cancer (Turkish Ministry of Health Public Health Institution, Turkey Cancer Statistics, 2017). Breast cancer is considered both a local and systemic disease. In the planning of the treatment, the decision of surgery is made by considering the stage of cancer, and the most frequently applied intervention is mastectomy, which involves the partial or complete removal of the breast tissue (Turkish Ministry of Health, General Directorate of Health Services. Bre...

Gender

FEMALE

Eligibility criteria

• • Inclusion criteria;
• • 18 years and over,
• • literate,
• • Agreeing to participate in the study,
• • Person, place, and time orientation,
• • Visual (except for those with better vision using a visual aid), auditory communication difficulties (except for those with better hearing ability using a hearing aid) that will prevent them from understanding the information given and expressing the pain situation correctly,
• • No speech impediment/communication problem,
• • Simple mastectomy (BM) and modified radical mastectomy (MRM) were performed,
• • Not using any TAT method,
• • Able to use technology (smartphone, computer, etc.),
• • Individuals with technology devices (smartphone, tablet, computer, etc.)
• • Exclusion criteria;
• • Not speaking Turkish and illiterate in Turkish,
• • Those who are allergic to the oils to be used in the massage during the application,
• • Involved in a different study conducted in the clinic,
• • Breast prosthesis placed during surgery,
• • Having physical and cognitive problems at a level that cannot apply massage,
• • Individuals diagnosed with mood disorders (using any medication for depression, panic attacks, dysthymia, or bipolar disorder)
• • Transferred to the intensive care unit in the postoperative period,
• • Severe bleeding, hematoma, seroma, nerve injury, or lymphedema developing in the postoperative period,
• • Developing an allergy to the oils to be used in the massage during the application,
• • Those who want to leave work voluntarily,
• • Individuals who do not comply with the working process and conditions will be excluded from the study.

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