The Effects of inhaling lavender oil on anxiety

• Register: IRCT
• Last refreshed on: 22 February 2018
• Main ID: IRCT2014081718825N1
• Date of registration: 2014-09-10
• Prospective Registration: No
• Primary sponsor: Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences
• Public title: The Effects of inhaling lavender oil on anxiety
• Scientific title: The Effects of inhaling lavender oil on anxiety level of patients with myocardial infarction
• Date of first enrolment: 2014-05-02
• Target sample size: 60
• Recruitment status: Complete
• URL: http://en.irct.ir/trial/16952
• Study type: interventional
• Study design: Randomization: Randomized, Blinding: Not blinded, Placebo: Used, Assignment: Parallel, Purpose: Treatment.
• Phase: N/A

Countries of recruitment

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

• Name: Niloofar Mirbastegan
• Affiliation: Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences

• Name: Javad Ganjloo
• Affiliation: Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria: Confirmed diagnosis of Myocardial Infarction(first and second, etc.); Age 30 to 70 years; Not any psychiatric disorder; Not any Alzheimer's disease; Not using anti-anxiety drugs; No drug addiction; Gaining more than 20 of the Spielberg State and trait anxiety questionnaires score; Patient ?agreement for participating in study; Hemodynamic stability. Exclusion criteria: Reluctance to continue participating in the exercises; Sudden change in the patient's hemodynamic status; Having a history of allergies.
Exclusion criteria:

Age minimum: 30 years
Age maximum: 70 years
Gender: Both

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Myocardial infarction disease.
Acute myocardial infarction

Acute myocardial infarction

Intervention(s)

Experimental group: The questionnaire of demographic information and Spielberger state and trait anxiety are ?completed before intervention. The intervention group inhaled the essential oil of Lavender for three days for 20-30 minutes, using a non absorbent paper which was stained with three drops of lavender oil, three times a day. The questionnaire of demographic information and Spielberger state and trait anxiety are ?completed after intervention.

Intervention 1: Experimental group: The questionnaire of demographic information and Spielberger state and trait anxiety are ?completed before intervention. The intervention group inhaled the essential oil of Lavender for three days for 20-30 minutes, using a non absorbent paper which was stained with three drops of lavender oil, three times a day. The questionnaire of demographic information and Spielberger state and trait anxiety are ?completed after intervention. Intervention 2: Control group: The questionnaire of demographic information and Spielberger state and trait anxiety are ?completed before intervention. The control group inhaled the distilled water for three days for 20-30 minutes, using a non absorbent paper which was stained with three drops distilled water, three times a day. The questionnaire of demographic information and Spielberger state and trait anxiety are ?completed after intervention.

Control group: The questionnaire of demographic information and Spielberger state and trait anxiety are ?completed before intervention. The control group inhaled the distilled water for three days for 20-30 minutes, using a non absorbent paper which was stained with three drops distilled water, three times a day. The questionnaire of demographic information and Spielberger state and trait anxiety are ?completed after intervention.

Primary Outcome(s)

Anxiety. Timepoint: Before the intervention, 20 to 30 minutes, 3 times a day for 3 days, after intervention. Method of measurement: The questionnaire of Spielberger anxiety ? ?.

Source(s) of Monetary Support

Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences

Ethics review

Status: Approved
Approval date:
Contact:

Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences