Sticker Pad Containing Essential Oil in Volunteer With High Blood Pressure

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: High Blood Pressure
• Interventions: Device: Sticker pads containing lavender and ylang ylang oil; Device: Placebo

• Registration Number: NCT05808556
• Lead Sponsor: Chulalongkorn University

Brief Summary

The aims of the study were to evaluate efficacy and safety of the sticker pads containing lavender and ylang ylang oil in high blood pressure volunteers

Detailed Description

High blood pressure volunteers were divided into the sticker group or the placebo group. The volunteers attached the pad to their shirt for 3, 7, 10, and 14 days. Blood pressure, pulse rate, adverse reactions, and satisfaction were investigated.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2020-10-02
• Primary Completion: 2021-09-01
• Study Completion: 2021-09-20
• Study First Submitted: 2023-03-14
• Status Verified: 2023-04
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-04-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-04-10
• Study First Posted: 2023-04-11
• Last Update Posted: 2023-04-11

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 34

Inclusion Criteria

• age more than 18 years
• systolic blood pressure of more than 130 mmHg but less than 160 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure more than 80 mmHg but less than 100 mmHg
• no hypertensive medicine
• no dermatological diseases, immunocompromised diseases, seizures, asthma, or respiratory diseases

Exclusion Criteria

• an unstable condition of other diseases
• olfactory problems
• pregnancy
• lactation

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Sticker pads containing lavender and ylang ylang oil	Sticker pads containing lavender and ylang ylang oil	The subjects in the sticker pad group attached an sticker pad (0.3% lavender oil and 0.7% ylang ylang oil) to their shirt, close to the right side of the neck, for 14 days
Placebo group	Placebo	The placebo group attached a sticker pad without lavender and ylang ylang oil to their shirt, close to the right side of the neck, for 14 days.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Pulse rate	14 days	Measure pulse rate in beats/minutes
Systolic blood pressure	14 days	Measure systolic blood pressure in mmHg
Diastolic blood pressure	14 days	Measure diastolic blood pressure in mmHg

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
adverse reactions of the respiratory tract, skin, gastrointestinal tract, eye, and central nervous system	14 days	Using a score of 0 to 3, following an increase of severity
Satisfaction of the product	14 days	Using a visual analogue scale, 0 means not satisfied, 10 means very satisfied

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Chulalongkorn Hospital; 🇹🇭 Bangkok, Thailand