Aromatherapy Protocol for Pain Reduction in Hospice Patients

The University of Texas System (UT)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pain

Treatments: Other: Aromatherapy treatment

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05617144

HSC-SN-21-1090

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to introduce aromatherapy with current pain medication protocols to see if it improves patient satisfaction and reduces pain in hospice care patients.

Enrollment: 6 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 50 to 99 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• currently on hospice at Seasons Assisted Living

Exclusion criteria

• pain level not 3/10 or higher

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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6 participants in 1 patient group

Treatment

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Aromatherapy treatment