The effect of Inhalation of Melissa of?cinalis (lemon balm) essential oil on fatigue and sleep quality of mothers of premature infants in the neonatal intensive care unit
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Condition 1: sleep. Condition 2: fatigue.Sleep disordersMalaise and fatigue
- Registration Number
- IRCT2017012532190N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Vice chancellor for research, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 50
Inclusion Criteria
Mother's informed consent to participate in the intervention; Mother's presence within 48 hours after delivery in the department; Fetal age of 28-32 weeks; No physical and mental illness; Lack of olfactory disorder; no addiction to all drugs and psychosis; Mothers do not use sedative medications, Relaxation and sleep medicine; Sleep disturbances (Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index 5 or more).
Exclusion criteria: Mother's unwillingness in the trial for any reason; Have an allergic history of herbal medicines; Depression (Depression Scale of Edinburgh 13 or more); Infant death.
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Fatigue. Timepoint: Before the intervention, one week after the intervention and two weeks after the intervention. Method of measurement: Visual Scale of Fatigue Measurement.;Sleep quality. Timepoint: Before the intervention, one week after the intervention and two weeks after the intervention. Method of measurement: Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Scale.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method