Use of a menthol popsicle in managing postoperative thirst in patients undergoing radical prostatectomy: A randomized clinical trial.

Autor:	da Silva TTM; Graduate Program in Nursing, Department of Nursing, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.; Teaching, Research and Innovation Institute, Liga Norte Riograndense Against Cancer, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil., Teixeira FC; University Hospital Onofre Lopes, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil., Matias de Araújo SC; Department of Nursing, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil., Pinheiro TBM; Department of Nursing, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil., Fernandes Costa IK; University Hospital Onofre Lopes, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil., de Medeiros KS; Teaching, Research and Innovation Institute, Liga Norte Riograndense Against Cancer, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.; Graduate Program in Health Sciences, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil., Ribeiro KRB; Department of Nursing, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil., Dantas DV; Graduate Program in Nursing, Department of Nursing, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil., Dantas RAN; Graduate Program in Nursing, Department of Nursing, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	SAGE open medicine [SAGE Open Med] 2023 Oct 13; Vol. 11, pp. 20503121231202231. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Oct 13 (Print Publication: 2023).
DOI:	10.1177/20503121231202231
Abstrakt:	Background and aim: Thirst is a real bother that most patients feel in the immediate postoperative period when they still need to fast. Many approaches regarding symptomatic relief strategies have been described in the literature, but strategies with cold water and/or menthol are effective in quenching thirst, as they act on pre-absorptive mechanisms. This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of using menthol popsicles in relieving postoperative thirst in patients undergoing radical prostatectomy. Material and methods: This is a randomized controlled clinical trial with a quantitative approach. In all, 44 patients were evaluated in the immediate postoperative period of radical prostatectomy, with the intensity and discomfort of thirst being evaluated initially and subsequently. The study consisted of two groups: (1) the placebo group, popsicles without the addition of menthol substrates and (2) the experimental group, popsicles with the addition of 0.05% minty substrates. Results: The results demonstrate that the sociodemographic and clinical characteristics were homogeneous at the α = 5% significance level, except the occupation variable. The test detected changes in the intensity and discomfort of thirst in relation to the pre- and post-intervention times for the primary outcome when the groups were analyzed separately and for the interaction of the group versus time, there was no statistical difference between the groups. Conclusion: It was possible to prove that both the menthol popsicle and the popsicle without the addition of menthol were effective in relieving postoperative thirst in patients undergoing radical prostatectomy, but there was no statistically significant difference when comparing the two groups. Trial registration: The Brazilian Registry of Clinical Trials (RBR-8c3chr7). Competing Interests: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. (© The Author(s) 2023.)
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