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- Title
Effects of inhaling jasmine essential oil on anxiety and blood cortisol levels in candidates for laparotomy: A randomized clinical trial.
- Authors
Yadegari, Mohamad; Mahmoodi-Shan, Gholam Reza; Kamkar, Mohammad Zaman; Vakili, Mohammad Ali
- Abstract
Context: Anxiety is an unpleasant emotion and inhaling Jasmine Essential Oil (JEO) may decrease anxiety before laparotomy. Aims: Determining effects of inhaling JEO on anxiety and blood cortisol levels in patients undergoing laparotomy. Setting and Design: The setting was 5th Azar Hospital in Gorgan (Iran) and the study was a single blind parallel, randomized, controlled clinical trial that was conducted in 2016. Materials and Methods: The subjects (84 patients) were randomly allocated in two intervention and control groups. The intervention and control group inhaled two drops of JEO and two drops of distilled water respectively for 60 min. Blood cortisol and anxiety levels were measured immediately after intervention by ELISA kit, and the Spielberger's State Anxiety Inventory, respectively. Statistical Analysis: The data were described with mean, Median, Interquartile Range (IQR) and analyzed using t-test, Chi-square, Wilcoxon signed-rank, Mann-Whitney U and correlation coefficient tests. Results: The mean score of anxiety in JEO group before and after intervention was 50.90 ± 7.71 and 36.42 ± 6.62 (P = 0.001), respectively and median (IQR) of the cortisol was 160.7 (60.88) and 93.15 (52.38), respectively (P = 0.001). In the control group, cortisol (IQR) level increased (124.1 (67.42) to 127.9 (62.42), P = 0.02) and the mean anxiety score decreased slightly (P = 0.43). Median and IQR of difference cortisol level before and after in the intervention and control group were significant (P = 0.001). Conclusion: Our findings suggest that aromatherapy with JEO may have beneficial effects on preoperative anxiety in patients undergoing laparotomy.
- Subjects
IRAN; SURGERY &; psychology; ANXIETY prevention; STATISTICS; ESSENTIAL oils; PREOPERATIVE period; PATIENTS; AROMATHERAPY; MANN Whitney U Test; TREATMENT effectiveness; RANDOMIZED controlled trials; T-test (Statistics); PSYCHOLOGICAL tests; ABDOMINAL surgery; BLIND experiment; ENZYME-linked immunosorbent assay; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; CHI-squared test; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH funding; ANXIETY; INHALATION administration; STATISTICAL sampling; DATA analysis; STATISTICAL correlation; DATA analysis software; HYDROCORTISONE; PHARMACODYNAMICS; EVALUATION
- Publication
Journal of Nursing & Midwifery Sciences, 2021, Vol 8, Issue 2, p128
- ISSN
2345-5756
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4103/JNMS.JNMS_125_20