Study on the Efficacy of Vetiver Essential Oil Aroma on Depression/Anxiety People

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Anxiety Depression Disorder
• Interventions: Device: Vetiver essential oil aromatherapy; Device: Limon essential oil aromatherapy

• Registration Number: NCT05024136
• Lead Sponsor: Chung Shan Medical University

Brief Summary

In this study, subjects with depression/anxiety inhaled the essential oil, which contained sedative, soothing, and relaxing active ingredients to stimulate the olfactory nerve. The essential oil further transmitted to the limbic system that controls emotions in the brain, and then affected the human's mood. The natural aroma can not only awaken the limbic system's memory of aroma but also reflect the subconscious area of the brain, with physiological changes (such as controlling blood pressure, breathing, heartbeat, stress changes, memory, and hormonal coordination.) This study monitors the subject's autonomic nerve parameters before and after aromatherapy to obtain the olfactory cerebral nervous system to convey the message. When the study finishes, we expected to help the subject to relax and soothe the mind.

Detailed Description

Subjects receive three times 30 mins aromatherapy of Limon or Vetiver essential oil per time for the month. Anthropometric measurements such as blood pressure (systolic blood pressure \[SBP\] and diastolic blood pressure \[DBP\]), autonomic nerve parameters including a. SDNN (standard deviation of all normal to normal intervals index); b. HRV（heart rate variability）; c. LF（0.04-0.15 Hz）and HF（0.15-0.4 Hz）were measured every week. PSQI（Pittsburgh sleep quality index）and HADS (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale) were measured initial and ten ends.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-01-20
• Study First Submitted: 2021-05-20
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-08-26
• Study First Posted: 2021-08-27
• Status Verified: 2022-06
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-06-20
• Last Update Posted: 2022-06-22
• Primary Completion: 2022-10
• Study Completion: 2023-03

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

1. Depressed/anxious people (diagnosed as a single episode of major depression, recurrence of major depression, mild depression, panic disorder, and anxiety.) Those diagnosed with symptoms of depression, and anxiety related to stress adjustment disorder, and willing to cooperate with the study.
2. Age 20-65 years old

Exclusion Criteria

1. an alcoholic
2. Uncontrolled diabetes
3. Those who have had a stroke in the last year
4. Pregnant and lactating women
5. People with liver or heart disease
6. Arrhythmia or those with a heart rhythm regulator
7. Those whose heart has already been fitted with a cardiac catheter stent
8. Those who have used central nervous system stimulants (regardless of the length of time)
9. Those who are allergic to essential oils
10. Those who have used aromatherapy within a month
11. Subjects request to withdraw from the trial
12. The host feels unsuitable to continue the study

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Experimental	Vetiver essential oil aromatherapy	Subjects take 30 mins aromatherapy of vetiver essential oil per time, a total of 3 times for the month.
Placebo	Limon essential oil aromatherapy	Subjects take 30 mins aromatherapy of Limon essential oil per time, a total of 3 times for the month.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The measure blood pressure (SBP and DBP)	one month	values change of systolic and diastolic BPs
The aromatherapy measure autonomic nerve parameter SDNN (standard deviation of all normal to normal intervals index)	one month

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Chung Shan Medical University; 🇨🇳 Taichung, Taiwan