Document Type : Original Article
Authors
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Instructor, Department of Midwifery, School of Nursing and midwifery, Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences, Sabzevar, Iran. PhD student, School of Public Health, Vienna University, Austria.
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PhD of Physiology, School of Basic Sciences, Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences, Sabzevar, Iran.
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Assistant professor, Department of Nutrition, School of Nutrition, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran.
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Instructor, Department of Biostatistics, School of Health, Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences, Sabzevar , Iran.
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M.Sc. in Family Studies, Khayyam University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.
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Medicine student, Faculty of Medicine, Vienna University, Austria.
Abstract
Background & Objective: Nausea and vomiting are common complaints after cesarean section which typically occurs during the first postoperative times. Also herbal medicine use is one way to improve the syndrome. Therefore, this study was conducted to determine the effect of Anethum graveolens L. Oil on nausea after cesarean in sabzevar Mobini hospital.
Materials & method: This double-blinded clinical trial, involving 128 women who underwent cesarean (placebo 59 - drug 69), was carried out in Mobini Hospital in Sabzevar in2014.The method was eat drug and placebo after finished npo , three dose 40 drop per 20 minutes in those women with nausea. The effect of Anethum graveolens L oil on nausea with using v.a.s. was evaluated.This scale was shown patient's feelings with different colors. Significantly was p<0.05.The study statistical methods included Chi-square, Fisher's exact test, and t-student.
Results: According of result, chi – Squire Test indicated a significant difference between two groups in nausea had decreased in second and third 20 minutes (P<0/001). Subjects did not declaration any side effects either during or after the study.
Discussion: Therefore, Anethum graveolens L oil is effective on nausea intensity after cesarean section then the research hypothesis was confirmed.Also considering the importance of maternal and neonatal healthy, a similar study on other nausea causes is recommended.
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