Comparing the effects of aromatherapy and music therapy on preoperative anxiety
- Conditions
- Breast Cancer.Malignant neoplasm of breastC50-C50
- Registration Number
- IRCT20230221057482N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Tehran University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 99
Consent to participate in the study
Female sex
18 to 65 years old age
Stage 3 or 4 of breast cancer
Performing surgery for the first time
Having surgery on the same day
Anxiety score of 5 or higher according to the NVAAS tool
Not using sedatives and painkillers (at least in the last 24 hours)
Not using drugs or corticosteroid products and other central nervous and endocrine system affecting drugs (according to medical records)
Having a mental health condition
Literacy in Persian reading and writing
Olfactory dysfunction (for the aromatherapy group)
Auditory impairment (for the music therapy group)
Visual impairment (to measure anxiety using the NVAAS scale)
History of allergies, eczema and respiratory diseases
Reluctance and disinterest in listening to music
Reluctance and disinterest in aromatherapy and rose essential oil
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Anxiety score on the numerical visual analogue anxiety scale. Timepoint: At the beginning of the study and 10 minutes after the intervention has ended. Method of measurement: Numerical Visual Analogue Anxiety Scale.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Physiological indices (systolic and diastolic blood pressure, heart rate, respiratory rate, arterial blood oxygen saturation and salivary cortisol level). Timepoint: At the beginning of the study and 10 minutes after the intervention has ended. Method of measurement: Monitor device, pulse oximetry, laboratory kit (by ELISA method).