The effect of aromatherapy on pain and anxiety
- Conditions
- Knee joint replacement.arthrosis of knee
- Registration Number
- IRCT2017030832950N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Vice Chancellor for Research & Technology-Iran University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 80
no history of asthma and allergies, lack of sensitivity to Damask rose, patient's ability to self-reporting, lack of mental disorders (psychosis, dementia, delirium) that will be measured by abbreviated mental test score (AMTs), age over 60 years, no alcohol and substance abuse, being healthy sense of smell (olfactory test +), no history of migraine and chronic headache and the ability to count numbers. Exclusion criteria: lack of willingness to continue cooperation, respiratory allergy symptoms during the study, critically ill patient during the study, surgical wound infection, dislocation of the implant and the need for reoperation, patients who are hospitalized in the ICU for more than 24 hours after surgery.
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Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pain. Timepoint: Before the first intervention and Immediately after the fourth intervention. Method of measurement: Visual Analoge Scale.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Anxiety. Timepoint: Before the first intervention and Immediately after the fourth intervention. Method of measurement: Visual Analoge Scale-Anxiety.