J Korean Acad Adult Nurs.  2003 Sep;15(3):472-482.

Research Trends on Applications of Complementary Therapy for Relief of Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea and Vomiting

• So HS
• Choi JY
• Cho IS
• Kim YJ
• Kim JY
• Kim AS
• Kim OM
• Kim CS
• Kim HO
• Sul YA
• Ahn JO
• Lee AR
• Lee YJ

Abstract

PURPOSE
Purposes of this study were to understand the current trends on complementary therapy in relieving chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting and to suggest the future research direction. METHOD: Subjects were selected on CINAHL, MEDLINE, Korean Academy Data Base from 1980 to 2001 which used nausea, vomiting, chemotherapy and complementary therapy as key words in experimental studies. Eight korean articles and twenty-one international articles were analyzed in terms of general characteristics, research methods, and types of complementary therapy. Data were analyzed by using descriptive statistical methods. RESULT: Since 2000, researchers have more actively used complementary therapy. In subject characteristics, mean age was 35.5 years old, 45% of the researchers were performed with high level of incidence of chemotherapy induced vomiting, 14% of them set limit of consecutive cycle during research, and 65% of them did not comment the selecting criteria of sample. About 60% of them were designed post-test only control group; 35% used INV by Rhodes, 31% used Likert scale, and 24% used VAS for dependent variable. Muscle relaxation therapy was mostly applied for relief of nausea and vomiting.
CONCLUSION
Further studies will be needed to control extrinsic variables affecting nausea and vomiting in research design and to accumulate evidence with studies applying various complementary therapies.

Keyword

Complementary therapy; Chemotherapy induced Nausea and Vomiting

MeSH Terms

Complementary Therapies
Drug Therapy
Incidence
Muscle Relaxation
Nausea*
Research Design
Vomiting*