Effect of the Clove Smell Essential Oil’s Feet Patch to Relieve Pain after Caesarean Section in Mothers who Received Anesthesia in Elective Cases at the Recovery Room, Bang Phi Hospital, Smut Prakan Province

Abstract

     This was a quasi-experimental aimed to study the effect of the use of clove essential oil foot patch in mothers after a cesarean section in a hospital room receiving a General Anesthesia. The sample consisted of 71 subjects, a control group, 38 subjects, and a experimental group of 33 subjects. Selection criteria were performed by visiting patients at the delivery room in an elective casesprior to surgery and administering a system-wide anesthesia. Bang Phli Hospital, Samut Prakan Province. The research instruments: included foot patch, clove essential oil, Pain Score, Numeric scale and Maternal Satisfaction Survey. The data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation and T statistics.

     Results: The mean of pain scores of the experimental group was significantly lower than the control group who did not use the clove essential oil foot patch (P <.001). There were statistically differences in pain assessments between control and experimental groups (P <.05).