Year: 2024 | Month: May | Volume: 14 | Issue: 5 | Pages: 421-427
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijhsr.20240555
Effectiveness of Ginger Tea in Reducing Chemotherapy Induced Nausea and Vomiting Among Women with Reproductive System Cancer in Institutes of Oncology
Asharani G S1, Amitha R2
1,2Associate professor, BGS College of Nursing, Mysore, Karnataka
Corresponding Author: Asharani G S
ABSTRACT
In India, it is estimated that there are approximately 2-2.5 million cases of cancer at any given point of time and around 7-9 lakhs new cases are detected each year nearly half of these cases die each year. Study objectives are to assess the effectiveness of ginger tea in reducing chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting and To find out the association between pre interventional level of chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting with selected demographic variables. An evaluative approach with quasi experimental control group pre test- post test design was used and the study was conducted at Preethi cancer center for oncology and Cheluvamba hospital, Mysore from 01- 09- 2013 to 30- 09- 2013. Sixty women with reproductive system cancer having chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting were selected by using nonprobability convenient sampling technique. Data collection was done by using demographic proforma and modified nausea and vomiting assessment scale. Results shown Based on pre and post interventional level of chemotherapy induced nausea ,there was marked reduction in level of nausea from severe 15(50%) and moderate 15(50%) to mild 28(93.33%) and moderate 2(6.67%) among experimental group when compared with control group. The findings revealed that calculated Mann Whitney test, ‘Z’ value of nausea score - 6.38 was greater than the table value of -1.96. The findings of the study shows that, oral administration of ginger tea would help to reduce the chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting among women with reproductive system cancer.
Key words: Ginger tea, chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting, reproductive system cancer.