Effectiveness of a combination of lemon peppermint and murottal for postoperative nausea, vomiting, and anxiety after general anesthesia

Background: Nausea, vomiting, and anxiety are the most common complications after surgery with anesthesia in the first 24 hours after surgery. Handling this problem can be provided with complementary therapy in the form of lemon peppermint and murottal aromatherapy which is able to have a psychological effect on emotions, thoughts, suggest calm and reduce anxiety, and is absorbed by the central nervous system, autonomic nervous system or endocrine system. system in the brain to provide a relaxing effect. Purpose: Explains the effectiveness of the combination of lemon peppermint and murottal aromatherapy against nausea, vomiting and anxiety in post-operative patients under general anesthesia. Method: The research design uses a Quasi Experiment study with Pre-Post Test with Control Group Design. The sample size was 70 participants with each group consisting of 35 participants, using consecutive sampling technique. Analysis of this research data used the Repeated ANOVA test and the General Linear Model test to test differences between groups (ρ<0.05), followed by the Post-Hoc test to find out which group had the most influence. Results: It shows that from the 2 groups, it was found that the combined intervention of lemon peppermint and murottal aromatherapy was more influential and effective in reducing nausea, vomiting and anxiety with a ρ-value of 0.000. Conclusion: The combination of lemon peppermint and murottal aromatherapy was more effective in reducing nausea, vomiting and anxiety in post-operative patients under general anesthesia compared to other groups.