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Comparison of the effect of aromatherapy with essential oils of lavender and Citrus aurantium on anxiety.

Not Applicable
Conditions
Anxiety.
Mixed anxiety and depressive disorder
Registration Number
IRCT2017031433083N1
Lead Sponsor
Vice chancellor for research Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Complete
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
90
Inclusion Criteria

Admittance and exit standards
Study entrance standards: male and female 40 years and older patients; patients who are getting (Cholecystectomy) surgery with Laparoscopy method; patients must be conscious; they have not taken sedatives; not used anti-anxiety drugs and herbal medicines; non addicted to drugs (according to the patients’ saying); non-working patient in therapeutic and hygienic jobs; not having any vision, hearing, and olfaction problems according to the patients’ saying; not having severe difficulties; getting a score higher than 20 (light anxiety) after answering to Spill Berger questionnaire; patients having light or normal anxiety; able to think and speak in Persian Language.
Study exit standards: severe pain while completing questionnaire; willing to exit in any level of intervention; patients with having severe anxiety; patients who are getting emergency surgery of Cholecystectomy.

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Anxiety. Timepoint: Before the intervention and after the intervention in the preoperative. Method of measurement: Questionnaire Spillberger.
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
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