The Effect of Aromatherapy on Anxiety in Patients

NCT ID: NCT05500664

Last Updated: 2022-08-15

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

60 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-01-20

Study Completion Date

2022-06-30

Brief Summary

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Preoperative anxiety is considered a potential and preventable risk factor for postoperative complications.

Detailed Description

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Alot of patients face fear from intervention such as radiofrequency. The group of patients with chronic knee osteoarthritis already and mostly have some sore of psychological upset, radiofrequency itself , even in the presence of good periinterventional local anesthetic infiltration, the patients suffer pain and stress. It is well evidenced that aromatherapy specially with Lavender oil offers some sort of anxiety alleviation, pain alleviation and protection against postoperative nausea and vomiting

Conditions

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Anxiety Pain

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

We hypothesized that the use of lavender aromatherapy before surgery would reduce preintervntion of radiofrequency anxiety as assessed by the Speilberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) questionnaire
Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Lavender

three drops of the designated lavender will be placed on a 2-inch by 2-inch impermeable, backed gauze pad and patient was asked to inhale deeply for 5 minutes

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Lavender Oil

Intervention Type DRUG

three drops of the designated lavender will be placed on a 2-inch by 2-inch impermeable, backed gauze pad and patient was asked to inhale deeply for 5 minutes

Control

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Lavender Oil

three drops of the designated lavender will be placed on a 2-inch by 2-inch impermeable, backed gauze pad and patient was asked to inhale deeply for 5 minutes

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* adult patients with knee osteoarthritis
* scheduled for genicular nerve radiofrequency

Exclusion Criteria

* Allergy to lavender
* psychological disorders
* upper respiratory tract illness
Minimum Eligible Age

40 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

70 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Assiut University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Emad Zarief , MD

Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Emad Zarief Kamel Said

Asyut, , Egypt

Site Status

Countries

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Egypt

Other Identifiers

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IRB00202205

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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