Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences (Oct 2023)
The Effect of Oral Honey Syrup (ma-ol-asal) Consumption on Preoperative Thirst and Hunger before Surgery and Hemodynamic Symptoms in Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Patients: A Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial
Abstract
Background and purpose: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is known as the standard treatment for inflammatory diseases of the gallbladder. This surgical method causes complications in the patients. To prevent gastric aspiration during anesthesia, long fasting periods are considered for the patients before surgery, which itself leads to serious complications before and during surgery. Therefore, this study was conducted to investigate the effect of oral consumption of honey syrup on the patients' feelings of hunger and thirst before surgery, as well as the hemodynamic symptoms of laparoscopic cholecystectomy operations. Materials and methods: This study was conducted as a double-blind, randomized clinical trial on 68 patients who were candidates for laparoscopic cholecystectomy surgery. The prescription of honey water in the intervention group and placebo in the control group was twice a day (eight and two hours before the operation, each time 15 ml). In this study, the variables of hunger and thirst, blood pressure, and heart rate were evaluated and recorded. The data were analyzed using SPSS V22. Results: Oral consumption of honey beer syrup was effective on the feeling of thirst and hunger before surgery in the intervention subjects (P=0.004 and P=0.008, respectively). At different times, the average systolic and diastolic blood pressure and heart rate were not significantly different in the two groups (P>0.05). Gender had a significant relationship with the average systolic and diastolic blood pressure and heart rate (P>0.05). Conclusion: Oral consumption of honey syrup before surgery reduced the feeling of hunger and thirst in the patients.
