Effects of Orange Oil Aromatherapy on the Pain and Anxiety

Istanbul Aydın University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hematopoietic Transplantation; Bone Marrow Transplantation

Treatments: Other: Orange oil aromatherapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05391347

Orange oil aromatherapy

Details and patient eligibility

About

This randomized controlled experimental study was conducted prospectively with 80 patients with hematological malignancies were treated in the adult bone marrow transplant unit and adult hematology service of a private hospital between May 2021 and January 2022. Orange oil inhalation used in aromatherapy was applied to patients in the intervention group. Visual Analogue Scale and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory used for data collection.

Full description

Introduction: Invasive interventions such as peripheral intravenous cannula and port needle placement, and blood collection are often required for both inpatient and outpatient follow-up patients with hematological malignancies and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation patients. This long and difficult treatment process causes anxiety and emotional disorders in most patients. Although invasive initiatives in the treatment and monitoring process are widely implemented, they lead to pain, anxiety and discomfort, which is often ignored. This study conducted to assess the effect of orange oil inhalation used in aromatherapy on pain and anxiety levels in invasive interventions to treat patients with hematological malignancies and hematopoietic stem cells transplantation.

Methods: This randomized controlled experimental study was conducted prospectively with 80 patients with hematological malignancies were treated in the adult bone marrow transplant unit and adult hematology service of a private hospital between May 2021 and January 2022. Orange oil inhalation used in aromatherapy was applied to patients in the intervention group. Visual Analogue Scale and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory used for data collection.

Enrollment: 80 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients older than 18 years old,
• without communication problems,
• without allergy and respiratory system problems,
• who agreed to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

• severe hypotension
• other allergic complications that made it difficult for patients to continue the study

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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80 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

3 ml of orange oil were dripping onto the sponge, and the patient was told to breathe slowly at a distance of 3 cm and to smell during the process

Treatment:

Other: Orange oil aromatherapy

Control

No Intervention group