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The effect of aromatherapy with rose and lavender on anxiety, surgical site pain, and extubation time after open‐heart surgery: A double‐center randomized controlled trial
Author(s) -
Babatabar Darzi Hossein,
VahedianAzimi Amir,
Ghasemi Saeed,
Ebadi Abbas,
Sathyapalan Thozhukat,
Sahebkar Amirhossein
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
phytotherapy research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.019
H-Index - 129
eISSN - 1099-1573
pISSN - 0951-418X
DOI - 10.1002/ptr.6698
Subject(s) - lavender , aromatherapy , medicine , randomized controlled trial , anesthesia , anxiety , placebo , lavender oil , surgery , essential oil , chemistry , alternative medicine , pathology , chromatography , psychiatry
To determine the effect of aromatherapy with rose and lavender on the patient outcomes after open‐heart surgery (OHS). In the clinical trial, patients were randomized to four groups. One group received routine care, the placebo group received a cotton swab soaked in water and the other two groups received either a cotton swab containing three drops of rose or lavender essence (0.2 ml). A total of 160 patients were randomized into four groups. Intergroup anxiety was not significantly different; however, the reciprocal time‐group effect was significant among the four groups. The extubation time was significant among the four groups which related to rose essence group compared with the control group ( p < .001) and placebo group ( p = .029). The surgical site pain was significant in the rose essence and lavender groups compared to the control group. Aromatherapy can reduce extubation time, surgical site pain severity, and anxiety in patients undergoing OHS