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NCT07326163
This study was designed to evaluate the effect of topically applied peppermint oil (Mentha × piperita) on chronic pain and functional capacity experienced by fibromyalgia patients, as well as its cost-effectiveness.
NCT07286825
This study employed a double-arm, pre- and post-test design. Stroke survivors aged 65 or above with post-stroke upper limbs spasticity were recruited from two RCHEs in Hong Kong between February and June 2025, and were divided into control and intervention groups. 10-minute massage was given on subjects' upper limbs two times per week by an IFPA aromatherapist using massage oil with a mixture of sweet marjoram essential oil and fractionated coconut organic carrier oil (intervention group) or plain fractionated coconut organic carrier oil (control group) for four weeks. The range of motion (ROM) of the upper limbs in three planes, i.e., abduction, flexion and extension and pain level and blood pressure were assessed before and after each massage session. Psychosocial well-being of elders was assessed at baseline and 4 weeks post-intervention using Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7) and Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9).
NCT07067424
The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of aromatherapy with lavender and bergamot essential oils on anxiety, vital signs, and feelings of embarrassment before colonoscopy. The findings of this study are expected to contribute both to filling a gap in the literature and to the planning of evidence-based nursing interventions aimed at minimizing pre-colonoscopy anxiety and embarrassment in patients.
NCT06474793
TSummary Project Scope: This study aimed to determine the effect of aromatherapy applied to intensive care nurses on fatigue and sleep quality. Method: The research will be carried out in two stages, qualitative and quantitative, to determine the effect of aromatherapy applied to intensive care nurses on fatigue and sleep quality. Quantitative Phase of the Research; The application areas and duration of massage will be explained practically by the researcher. Nurses experiencing fatigue and sleep problems in the intensive care unit were treated once a day, 30 minutes before going to bed, for a total of 8 minutes, 4 minutes at the edges of the right and left nostrils, and 4 minutes behind the right and left ears. , for four weeks. It is a randomized controlled, single-blind study conducted to determine the effect of 3% chamomile and 3% lavender oil mixture in the intervention-2 group and 3% vetiver oil in the intervention-2 group on fatigue and sleep quality. Individuals in the placebo control group will be massaged with jojoba oil. Data in the study; It will be collected with the Personal Information Form, Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), Piper Fatigue Scale, pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, Practice Monitoring Schedule-Researcher Form, Practice Monitoring Schedule and Nurse Form (Visual Analog Scale/VAS Scale) and Oil Application. Nurse Opinion Form. The universe of the research; It will consist of 260 intensive care nurses working on the same shifts in the intensive care units of SBÜ Kayseri City Training and Research Hospital, located in the city center of Kayseri. The sample size of the study was initially determined as 60 people in total, including 20 people in the intervention group-1, 20 people in the intervention group-2 and 20 people in the placebo group. Taking into account the research data, the selection of people will continue until the sufficient number is reached according to the results of statistical power analysis. Qualitative phase of the research; At the end of the four-week application, it will be carried out with a total of 15 people, 5 from the intervention-1, intervention-2 and placebo-control groups. Interviews will continue until data saturation is reached. As a result of the research, it is expected that the fatigue and sleep problems of the individuals in the intervention groups will improve and their sleep quality will increase.
NCT06400979
The purpose of this interventional study is to investigate the effects of aromatherapy on an acute care unit and whether it is effective in decreasing physical or emotional stressors that occur as a hospitalized patient. This study aimed to expand the limited literature on aromatherapy use in hospitalized adults and its effectiveness in decreasing pain, anxiety, and nausea. The hypothesis was that use of aromatherapy would decrease pain, anxiety and nausea in hospitalized adults and increase patient satisfaction. While there is anecdotal evidence of its efficacy, few studies exist evaluating its effectiveness within peer-reviewed journals, specifically on acute care medical surgical units.
NCT05367414
The aim of this study is to determine the effect of aromatherapy massage on itching, comfort, skin pH level and skin moisture in individuals with liver disease. Research Hypotheses: H1: Aromatherapy massage has an effect on the level of itching in individuals with itchy liver disease. H2: Aromatherapy massage has an effect on the general comfort level in individuals with itchy liver disease, H3: Aromatherapy massage has an effect on skin pH level in individuals with itchy liver disease. H4: Aromatherapy massage has an effect on skin moisture in individuals with itchy liver disease.
NCT06756867
Itching is among the common problems in individuals receiving hemodialysis (HD) treatment. Research on the effects of aromatherapy on the symptoms seen in dialysis patients is increasing. Studies in the literature have found findings that aromatherapy reduces skin dryness and itching. This study was an experimental study with randomized intervention, placebo and control groups to determine the effect of a 7-minute massage with 2% violet oil on the hand on the non-fistula arm during the dialysis session, 3 times a week for six weeks, on the level of itching and quality of life in individuals receiving HD treatment. It was planned as. The project will be determined on individuals who are treated in 7 hemodialysis centers in a provincial center and whose itch severity scores are 3 or higher and who meet the inclusion criteria for the study.According to the results, patients who meet the inclusion criteria will be randomly assigned to intervention, placebo and control groups. Considering similar studies in the literature, the number of patients to be sampled was determined as 81 people in total, 27 per group, using the G Power program, provided that alpha = 0.05, power = 0.95 and effect size was 0.8165. Taking into account possible losses, randomization of at least 30 patients will be made to each group. Ethics committee approval and institutional permissions were obtained for the project. Verbal and written informed consent forms will be obtained from individuals. The data of the research will be collected between July 2024 and September 2024. If the required number of samples cannot be reached, the data collection process will be extended. In the study, data will be collected using the patient introduction form, 5 D Itch Scale, Kidney Disease Quality of Life Scale (KDQOLTM-36) and patient follow-up charts. In line with the massage application protocol, in addition to the treatment of patients with high itching scores, hand massage will be applied with violet oil to the individuals in the intervention group and jojoba oil to the placebo group.No action will be taken on the control group. IBM SPSS 24.0 Statistics and Turcosa programs will be used to evaluate the data. Power analysis effect size calculations will be made in the Turcosa program. It is planned to use descriptive (mean, percentage and standard deviation) and analytical statistics (Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, Kruskal-Wallis test, Wilcoxon signed rank test, Mann-Whitney Utest) in data analysis. In comparisons, a p value of \<0.05 will be considered statistically significant.
NCT06603896
The aim of this study is to investigate the use of lavender and citrus inhalation aromatherapy on anxiety, test anxiety and sleep quality in Pace University sophomore, junior and senior nursing majors. Anxiety, particularly test anxiety, is a ubiquitous problem among nursing students. Test anxiety is a type of state anxiety experienced as concern or fear before, during, or following a test or performance assessment. While some anxiety may enhance the performance of a student, test anxiety often negatively effects performance. Although test anxiety can be incapacitating to any student, in nursing students it can not only have a negative impact on learning, it is a major cause for under-achievement and prevents some students from reaching their academic potential since they are enrolled in a high-stakes program. Treatment for test anxiety includes counseling, desensitization therapy, relaxation therapies, and aromatherapy. Aromatherapy with its focus on the therapeutic use of plant oils has the ability to decrease anxiety in humans through the use of natural oils particularly Lavandula angustifolia (lavender) without the potential for adverse reactions or side effects of conventional anxiolytic drugs. Research on the efficacy of aromatherapy on test anxiety in college and nursing students shows mixed results. A variety of designs and essential oil scents, either mixed or single, were used with subjects, e.g., lavender, rosemary, peppermint, lemon and the vehicles used to administer the oils, e.g., room diffused inhalation, non-absorbent cloth infused lavender for the aromatherapy vary. However, studies using lavender essential oil to reduce anxiety in college students, nursing students, and patients, demonstrated that lavender overall acted as an effective anxiolytic in reducing the stress of test taking, especially with lower levels of anxiety. Thus lavender essential oil could benefit nursing students in reducing test anxiety, and has great potential in benefiting all students in test and anxiety reduction, provided the person is not allergic to the oil. There is support for the notion that aromatherapy is a safe intervention, in a systematic review on the anxiolytic effects of aromatherapy in people with anxiety symptoms, no participants reported experiencing any adverse effects., The use of lavender also appears to help sleep without the adverse effects of commonly used drugs. The anxiolytic effects of the oil might reduce unhealthy behaviors that students engage in, e.g. alcohol and drug use/overuse, to reduce stress and relax, and positively affect sleep. In a 2015-2016 study of Pace nursing students, the results showed improvement in sleep and test anxiety, although the sample was small.
NCT06119282
This study was organized as a randomized controlled trial. The sample was calculated as 120 (Control: 60, Experiment 1:30 Experiment 2:30). Primiparous cesarean section women will be evaluated for pain, postpartum comfort and anxiety levels by using lavender oil, tangerine oil and vetiver oil. The first group will be given inhaler application, the second group will be massage and aromatherapy application. The third group will be the control group.
NCT05708066
The purpose of this study is to assess the validity of lavender aromatherapy as a method of anxiolysis prior to a cataract surgery, and to see if this effect will extend intraoperatively to minimize patients' intraoperative medication requirements. The study team plans on enrolling 186 participants. The investigator team hypothesizes that: 1. Participants will have a lower anxiety score after the intervention 2. Participants will require less intraoperative sedation medication compared to participants that did not have the lavender intervention. 3. A decrease in intraoperative medication requirements will lead to a faster discharge time
NCT05599594
Aromatherapy is the science of using high concentrated essential oils or essences with distilled high concentration of plants to take advantage of therapeutic properties '' . Essential oils or essences are obtained from various parts of plants (root, leaf, flower, shell, fruit) and therapeutically used for physical and psychological favors. The aromatherapine is a noninvasive process and the convenience of use allows the widespread use of aromatherapy. Aromatic oils can be applied in four basic ways. These are topical (tap, compressed or bath), internal (mouthwash, vaginal or anal wick), mouth (with capsules or honey, alcohol or diluent) and inhalation (inhalation directly or indirectly, steam or vapor ) is the way . Volatile oils that can be applied in various means can reach the neocortex part of the brain directly with the links to the hypothalamus from the limbic system. As a result of the impact of aromatic oils on the central nervous system, relief, sedation or stimulating effects are formed and the energy blockage in the body is broken, due to the information stream reaching the brain with the warning of the central nervous system and the resulting energy is exposed. The improvement process is supported by its exposed energy stream in a balanced way of the relevant organs, and the state of physical and spiritual goodness is emerged. Aromatherapy is also used in the field of women's health as well as many health areas.
NCT06035380
Evaluation of the effect of aromatherapy applied to women with vasomotor complaints on menopausal quality of life and vasomotor symptoms.
NCT05677698
Aromatherapy is "highly distilled herbs distilled to take advantage of their therapeutic properties". is the science of using concentrated essential oils or essences".Essential oils or essences are obtained from various parts of plants (root, leaves, flowers, bark, fruit) and used therapeutically for physical and psychological well-being. The fact that aromatherapy is a noninvasive procedure and its ease of use allows for widespread use of aromatherapy. Aromatic oils can be applied in four basic ways. These include topical (tap, compress, or bath), internal (mouthwash, vaginal, or anal suppository), oral (with capsules or reconstitution in honey, alcohol, or diluent), and inhalation (direct or indirect, with or without steam, inhalation). ). Essential oils, which can be applied in various ways, can directly reach the neocortex part of the brain through connections extending from the limbic system to the hypothalamus via scent.
NCT05728177
The present study aims to: Investigate the effect of inhalation aromatherapy on anxiety and depressive symptoms of geriatric patients with Parkinson's disease. Research Hypothesis: Patients with Parkinson's disease who inhale aromatherapy will exhibit lower anxiety and depressive symptoms than those who didn't inhale it
NCT05408650
Poor sleep is common in the ICU, especially among post-operative CABG and more severely ill patients. Additionally, patients after surgery suffer from changes in physiological parameters related to ICU stressors. Pharmacological interventions for sleep improvement can both disrupt and induce sleep and have many negative side effects on intensive care patients. Therefore, this gives the green light for using complementary therapy.