• 종양간호연구
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.27-36
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• 2006

Purpose: The present study was to investigate the effect of music therapy on anxiety, nausea, and vomiting in patients undergoing total body irradiation (TBI) for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Method: A untreated control group with pretest and posttest was used in this study. A total of 35 patients receiving TBI for HSCT were recruited from a medical center at a university in Korea. The music therapy taking for 15-20 minutes per a time was performed twice a day for three days while the patients in the experimental group were undergoing the TBI. Results: The scores of state anxiety, nausea and vomiting tended to increase in the control group as compare with those in the experimental group. The patients in the control group had been administerd antiemetics more often than those in the experimental group. The levels of systolic and diastolic blood pressure and the pulse rates in the experimental group tended to decrease after the experiment. However, there was no statistically significant differences in anxiety, nausea, vomiting, blood pressure, and pulse between the groups. Conclusion: It is suggested to repeat this study with a enough sample size.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제43권2호
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• pp.215-224
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• 2013

Purpose: This study was done to evaluate the combination effects of capsicum plaster at the Korean hand acupuncture points K-D2 with prophylactic antiemetic on Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting (PONV). Methods: An experimental research design (a randomized, a double-blinded, and a placebo-control procedure) was used. The participants were female patients undergoing gynecologic laparoscopy; the control group (n=34) received intravenous prophylactic ramosetron 0.3mg, while the experimental group (n=34) had Korean Hand Therapy additionally. In the experimental group, capsicum plaster was applied at K-D2 of both 2nd and 4th fingers by means of Korean Hand Therapy for a period of 30 minutes before the induction of anesthesia and removed 8 hours after the laparoscopy. Results: The occurrence of nausea, nausea intensity and need for rescue with antiemetic in the experimental group was significantly less than in the control group 2 hours after surgery. Conclusion: Results of the study show capsicum plaster at K-D2 is an effective method for reducing PONV in spite of the low occurrence of PONV because of the prophylactic antiemetic medication.

• Korean Journal of Acupuncture
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.137-145
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• 2003

Object : The purpose of this study is to report vomiting patient with medullary infarction, who improved by additional Kwan-Won herbal acupuncture. Method : We have treated the patient with Kwan-Won acupuncture and other Oriental Medical treatment. The effect was and evaluated by progress of symtoms and Mcgill Nausea Question(MNQ) that consists of Nausea Rating Index(NRI), Overall Nausea Index(ONI) and Visual Anlogue Scale(VAS). Result : After 6th times of treatment, nausea and vomiting was disappeared. In the score of MNQ, NRI score changed from 19 to 1, ORI score from 5 to 1 and VAS score from 10 to 0. Conclusion : These results suggest that Kwan-Won herbal acupuncture and other Oriental Medical treatment have good effect on severe vomiting. But further studies are required.

• 종양간호연구
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.171-179
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• 2010

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of progressive muscle relaxation on nausea, vomiting, fatigue, anxiety, and depression in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. Methods: This study was a quasi-experimental research using non-equivalent control group pretest-posttest design. Data were collected from outpatients in a university hospital from April to August, 2009. There were 74 participants, 39 in the experimental group and 35 in the control group. The experimental group was given daily the progressive muscle relaxation for 20 min during three weeks. The structured questionnaire was used to measure nausea, vomiting, fatigue, anxiety, and depression. Data were analyzed using the SPSS/WIN 12.0 program, $x^2$-test, Fisher's exact test, t-test and ANCOVA were conducted to examine the homogeneity and the research hypotheses. Results: There were statistically significant decreases in anxiety and depression in the experimental group compared to the control group. However, there were no significant differences in nausea, vomiting, and fatigue between the groups. Conclusion: In this study, progressive muscle relaxation was effective in alleviating anxiety and depression of cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. Therefore, progressive muscle relaxation can be usefully utilized as a nursing intervention that enhances psychological function of cancer patients.

• 기본간호학회지
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.292-301
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• 2012

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to evaluate the effects of postoperative oral care using cold therapy on nausea, vomiting and oral discomfort after laparoscopic myomectomy. Method: The study was conducted with an experimental group (n=29) and a control group (n=35) sampled from patients admitted to a women's hospital in a metropolitan city in Korea. Data were collected between October 10, 2011 and January 31, 2012 and analyzed using Chi-square, Fisher's exact test, t-test, and repeated measure ANCOVA with SPSS/WIN 19.0. Results: After the intervention, postoperative nausea (p<.001) and oral discomfort for patients in the experimental group were significantly lower than in the control group. There were significant differences in the presence of vomiting between both groups at 12 hours (p<.001) and 24 hours (p=.003) after leaving the recovery room. Conclusion: Oral care using cold therapy was found to be an effective nursing intervention for reducing postoperative nausea, vomiting and oral discomfort up to 24 hours after recovery in patients with laparoscopic myomectomy.

• 대한한방내과학회지
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• 제40권2호
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• pp.228-235
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• 2019

The purpose of this study is to report the clinical effect of Korean medicine on a patient who experienced headaches and nausea after post-concussion syndrome. The patient was treated with herbal medicine (Oryung-san, Hwangryunhaedok-tang-tablet) and acupuncture for four weeks. As a result, the pain degree compared to the day of hospitalization of headache and nausea and pain rating score of headache decreased after treatment. Therefore, this case is useful for describing Korean medicine treatment for headache and nausea after post-concussion syndrome, and further case reports and studies will be needed in the future.

• 대한중풍순환신경학회지
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.49-56
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• 2015

This patient was 18 year-old man who had severe nausea, vomiting, stomachache but medical examination revealed no abnormality. The symptom lasted for 2 months and he lost 15kilograms. The patient had no underlying diseases. He was treated by korean medicine, containing acupuncture, cupping therapy and herb medicines during 9 days. The severity of nausea was scored by the Numerous Rating Scale and the frequency of vomitng was evaluated by count. After that period, patient's symptom was improved and his other conditions were also better, compared with his admission. This study suggests that Korean medicine could have a therapeutic effect for nausea, vomiting, stomachache and rapid weight loss that the cause has not been diagnosed by Western medicine. It could help to improve patient's symptoms and make general conditions better.

• 한국감성과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국감성과학회 2002년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.267-268
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• 2002

We developed nausea, caused by disorder of autonomic nervous system, detection system using bio-signal analysis and artificial neural network in virtual reality enironment. We used 16 bio-signals, 9 EEGs, EOG, ECG, SKT, PPG, GSR, RSP, EGC, which has own analysis methods. We estimated nausea level by artificial neural network.

• 대한한방내과학회지
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• 제41권5호
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• pp.806-810
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• 2020

Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of Korean medicine treatment on a patient suffering from nausea, vomiting, and headache. Methods: We applied herbal medicine (Oryeong-san, Wiryeong-tang) and acupuncture to the patient. Clinical symptoms were assessed with a numeral rating scale (NRS). Results: After treatment, the nausea, vomiting and headache symptoms were improved, and the NRS score showed improvement. Conclusion: This case shows that Korean medicine treatments are effective in alleviating the symptoms of nausea, vomiting, and headache.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제16권7호
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• pp.2629-2635
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• 2015

Most cancer patients experience nausea and vomiting after surgery. Today, many methods of treatment have been developed and used for the control of such symptoms. The most important are drug therapy, relaxation, oxygen therapy and gas therapy. In addition, dexamethasone, massage therapy and using a Venturi mask have also proven effective. Due to the nature of gas consumption which leads to nausea it is recommended that use of N2O in the operating room be avoided or applied in combination with oxygen or other gases with fewer complications.