Effects of Aromatherapy on Sleep Quality in Hospitalized Elderly Female Patients With Insomnia

The Second Hospital of Anhui Medical University

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Insomnia

Treatments: Other: Aromatherapy; Other: Placebo

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07373132

ZWei

Details and patient eligibility

About

To evaluate the efficacy and safety of standardized aromatherapy compared with placebo in improving sleep quality among hospitalized elderly female patients with insomnia.

Enrollment: 64 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 60 to 100 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Female, aged ≥60 years.
• Hospitalized in the Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University.
• Athens Insomnia Scale (AIS) >6.
• Ability to communicate and understand instructions.
• Non-allergic to essential oils.
• Fully informed and voluntarily consent to participate.

Exclusion criteria

• Cognitive impairment-.
• History of hypersensitivity to aromatherapy oils.
• Use of sedative-hypnotic medications within past 2 weeks.
• Sleep disorders secondary to organic or psychiatric diseases.
• Unable to comply with study procedures.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Quadruple Blind

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64 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

aromatherapy

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Aromatherapy

placebo

Placebo Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: Placebo