UTILIZATION OF GINGER AND ITS EFFECT ON RELIEVING CHEMOTHERAPY RELATED NAUSEA AND VOMITING AMONG PATIENTS WITH GYNECOLOGICAL CANCER | ||||
| Mansoura Nursing Journal | ||||
| Article 10, Volume 3, Issue 1, January 2016, Page 149-163 PDF (678.79 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/mnj.2016.149317 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
Ahlam Mohamed  1; Safaa Hashim2; Amina El-Nemer3; Tyseer Marzouk4; Mohamed Awad5
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| 1Nursing specialist in Health Technical Institute in El-Mansoura city ministry of health | ||||
| 2Maternity and Neonatal Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University | ||||
| 3Maternity and Gynecology Nursing Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University | ||||
| 4Maternity and Gynecology Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University | ||||
| 5Medical Oncology, Faculty of Medicine Mansoura University | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Aim: to explore the utilization of ginger and its effect on relieving the chemotherapy related nausea and vomiting among patients with gynecological cancer. Methods: An quasi-experimental research design was utilized to conduct this study on 132 patients attended the oncology center of Mansoura University Hospital between January 2013 to December 2013 for chemotherapy for a gynecologic tumor. The study sample served as a one arm intervention group. Data were collected using three tools; the 1st tool was an interview questionnaire to assess the general characteristics of the patients, the 2nd tool was the Rhodes Inventory of Nausea, Vomiting and Retching (INVR) to assess the level and severity of nausea and vomiting experienced before and after the chemotherapy and the 3rd tool was the woman's follow up card to assess the patient's compliance with the ginger tablets. Results: The baseline total Rhodes Index score was significantly decreased after receiving the assigned dose of Ginger tablets (63.8±5.3 at base line and 60.6±4.9 at end of the study P<0.0001). Conclusion: Ginger tablets are effective in reducing the chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Ginger tablets; chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting; gynecologic tumor; Rhodes Inventory of nausea and vomiting | ||||
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