investigating the effect of aromatherapy with lavender extract on fatigue and working memory in women with multiple sclerosis
Phase 3
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Fatigue, Working Memory of Patients with Multiple Sclerosis.Multiple sclerosis
- Registration Number
- IRCT20170122032111N4
- Lead Sponsor
- Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 60
Inclusion Criteria
Desire to participate in the study
age range of 20-40 years;
Education: at least diploma;
MS history for at least 1 year;
no history of using the aromatherapy program during the past 6 months;
no prohibition on aromatherapy;
no other chronic diseases;
lack of allergies, migraines, asthma and other respiratory diseases;
have a healthy sense of smelling that is measured using coffee.
Exclusion Criteria
Women who are pregnant;
Smell problem found after coffee smell testing;
allergy,migraine , asthma and other respiratory diseases;
other chronic diseases except multiple sclerosis.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Fatigue severity score. Timepoint: Before and two weeks after the intervention. Method of measurement: Fatigue severity scale.;Working memory. Timepoint: Before and two weeks after the intervention. Method of measurement: Active Dunnyman and Carpenter Memory test.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method