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The Effects of Receiving Warm Footbath With Lavender Essential Oil on Sleep and Comfort

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Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital

Status

Completed

Conditions

Sleep Quality
Comfort

Treatments

Other: experimental group

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT06380933
B11103008

Details and patient eligibility

About

Purposes: Describe the background information and clinical characteristics of respirator-dependent patients, verify the sleep and comfort effects of respirator-dependent patients whether or not they receive a lavender essential oil warm water foot bath, and compare changes of the sleep, comfort, heartbeat, and blood pressure in respirator-dependent patients before and after receiving a lavender essential oil warm water foot bath.

Full description

Methods: This study is a randomized clinical trial. It adopts a two-group crossover design trial and block randomly assigns groups after gender stratification. The experimental group first received a foot bath with lavender essential oil at 41-42C warm water for 20 minutes for 3 days, then rested for 3 days, and then received routine care for 3 days; the control group first received routine care for 3 days, then rested for 3 days, and then received lavender essential oil 41-42C warm water foot bath for 20 minutes for 3 days. The measurement tools used self-made structured questionnaires, the Richards-Campbell Sleep Questionnaire (RCSQ), Numerical Rating of Comfort (NRC), and heartbeat and blood pressure monitors. Data analysis included descriptive statistics, Chi-square and Fisher's exact correction tests, unpaired t tests and repeated measures ANOVA inferential statistical analysis.

Enrollment

94 patients

Sex

All

Ages

45+ years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients who have been using a ventilator for 21 days or more
  • Individuals aged 45 years or older
  • Clear consciousness and the ability to compare hands or hold a pen, with proficiency in Mandarin or Taiwanese communication
  • Willingness to participate in the study after receiving an explanation of the research purpose

Exclusion criteria

  • Individuals with severe mental illness
  • Those with cognitive impairments
  • Severe visual or hearing impairments
  • History of lower limb venous thrombosis
  • Amputation or inflammation in the lower limbs
  • Muscle contractures in the lower limbs
  • Peripheral neuropathy
  • Allergic history related to essential oils

Trial design

Primary purpose

Prevention

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Crossover Assignment

Masking

Quadruple Blind

94 participants in 2 patient groups

experimental group
Experimental group
Description:
foot bath with lavender essential oil for 3 days, and then received routine care for 3 days
Treatment:
Other: experimental group
control group
No Intervention group
Description:
first received routine care for 3 days, and then received lavender essential oil with foot bath for 3 days

Trial contacts and locations

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