The Effect of Aromatherapy in Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Patients

TC Erciyes University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Aromatherapy; Cholecystectomy

Treatments: Other: Intervention group Geranium; Other: Intervention group Lavender

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05464602

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Details and patient eligibility

About

Pain experienced before and after surgery in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy adversely affects physiological parameters and sleep quality. This randomized controlled study was conducted to examine the effects of preoperative and postoperative inhalation lavender and geranium essential oil on patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy on pain, sleep, and physiological parameters. The study was completed with 3 groups and 150 people, namely the geranium oil group (n=50), lavender oil group (n=50) and control group (n=50). The ethics committee approval, informed consent of the individuals and the institutional permission were obtained. In the study, data were collected using the patient identification form, Richard-Campbell Sleep Scale and visual analog scale. Chi-square test,repeated measures one-way analysis of variance, and Spearman correlation analysis tests were used to assess the data. In the comparisons, the value of p<0.05 was accepted as significant.

Enrollment: 150 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 75 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients aged ≥18 years
• Hospitalized for laparoscopic cholecystectomy surgery,
• Alzheimer's, dementia etc. no disease,
• Having no perception problems (sense of smell, vision, hearing loss),
• Hospitalized the day before the operation,
• Patients who continue to stay in the hospital for at least one night after the operation will be included in the study.

Exclusion criteria

• Having any respiratory system disease (COPD, Asthma, etc.),
• Disturbed by the smell of essential oils,
• Any allergic diagnosis and history,
• Using anxiolytic, antidepressant,

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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150 participants in 3 patient groups

Intervention group Lavender

Experimental group

Description:

Each patient in this group received inhalation aromatherapy of lavender oil.

Treatment:

Other: Intervention group Lavender

Intervention group Geranium

Experimental group

Description:

Each patient in this group received inhalation aromatherapy of geranium oil.

Treatment:

Other: Intervention group Geranium

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

Each patient in this group did not receive any additional treatment.