Clinical trial NCT05048628: The Effect of Ice, Green Tea and Arnica Montana Application on Post-Operative Intubation Related Sore Throat and Hoarseness
Official title: The Effect of Ice, Green Tea and Arnica Montana Application on Post-Operative Intubation Related Sore Throat and Hoarseness
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Sore Throat
Hoarseness
Keywords: green tea
arnico montana
ice Application
Endotracheal Intubation
Sore Throat
Nursing
Hoarseness
Lead sponsor: Eastern Mediterranean University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2021-09-17
Enrollment: 176
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: Four Groups. Group were comprised of control group, green tea Gargle Solution group, ice pieces impregnated group, arnica montana tea Gargle Solution group.
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The study was planned to determine the effect of arnica montana, green tea mouthwash and ice particles impregnation on postoperative sore throat and hoarseness.

Detailed description: Research Hypotheses Hl: Gargling with green tea after surgery reduces sore throat. H2: Impregnation of postoperative ice particles reduces sore throat. H3: Post-operative gargling with arnico montana reduces sore throat. H4: Gargling with green tea after surgery reduces hoarseness. H5: Impregnation of postoperative ice particles reduces hoarseness. H6: Postoperative mouthwash with arnico montana reduces hoarseness.

Research Question

1. Do ice particles impregnation, gargling with green tea and gargling with arnico montana reduce intubation-related sore throat in patients undergoing general anesthesia?
2. Do ice particles impregnation, gargling with green tea and gargling with arnico montana reduce hoarseness due to intubation in patients undergoing general anesthesia?

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* To agree to participate in the research,
* To be 18 years or older,
* To know how to read and write,
* No hearing problem,
* Not having difficulty in understanding,
* To live before the operation,
* Having experience before surgery,
* The duration of the operation is 30 minutes or more,7
* No nasogastric catheter

Exclusion Criteria:

* Having a sore throat before surgery,
* Having hoarseness before surgery,
* To have oral and neck surgery,
* Having a history of allergy,
* Having a nasogastric catheter,
* The duration of the operation is less than 30 minutes,

Primary outcomes:
measure: Stout's hoarseness evaluation form
timeFrame: one day
measure: visual analog scale
timeFrame: one day
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Famagusta, North Cyprus via Mersin 10, Turkey
country: Cyprus
facility: Eastern Mediterranean University, Nursing Department, Faculty of Health Sciences
state: Famagusta
Study officials:
affiliation: doğu akdeniz üniversitesi
name: gülcan dürüst sakallı, lecturer
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Jafari H, Ariaeifar MR, Yazdani Charati J, Soleimani A, Nasiri Formi E. The Effect of Green Tea Gargle Solution on Sore Throat After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Anesth Pain Med. 2016 May 9;6(3):e32108. doi: 10.5812/aapm.32108. eCollection 2016 Jun.
citation: Tsintzas D, Vithoulkas G. Treatment of Postoperative Sore Throat With the Aid of the Homeopathic Remedy Arnica montana: A Report of Two Cases. J Evid Based Complementary Altern Med. 2017 Oct;22(4):926-928. doi: 10.1177/2156587217735986. Epub 2017 Nov 2.
citation: Bulut H, Erden S, Demir SG, Cakar B, Erdogan Z, Demir N, Ay A, Aydin E. The Effect of Cold Vapor Applied for Sore Throat in the Early Postoperative Period. J Perianesth Nurs. 2016 Aug;31(4):291-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jopan.2014.10.005. Epub 2016 Feb 24.