The effect of aromatherapy with rose and lavender on anxiety, surgical site pain, and extubation time after open-heart surgery: A double-center randomized controlled trial

Babatabar Darzi, Hossein; Vahedian-Azimi, Amir; Ghasemi, Saeed; Ebadi, Abbas; Sathyapalan, Thozhukat; Sahebkar, Amirhossein

Abstract

To determine the effect of aromatherapy with rose and lavender on the patient outcomes after open‐heart surgery (OHS). In the clinical trial, patients were randomized to four groups. One group received routine care, the placebo group received a cotton swab soaked in water and the other two groups received either a cotton swab containing three drops of rose or lavender essence (0.2 ml). A total of 160 patients were randomized into four groups. Intergroup anxiety was not significantly different; however, the reciprocal time‐group effect was significant among the four groups. The extubation time was significant among the four groups which related to rose essence group compared with the control group (p <  .001) and placebo group (p = .029). The surgical site pain was significant in the rose essence and lavender groups compared to the control group. Aromatherapy can reduce extubation time, surgical site pain severity, and anxiety in patients undergoing OHS

Citation

Babatabar Darzi, H., Vahedian-Azimi, A., Ghasemi, S., Ebadi, A., Sathyapalan, T., & Sahebkar, A. (2020). The effect of aromatherapy with rose and lavender on anxiety, surgical site pain, and extubation time after open-heart surgery: A double-center randomized controlled trial. Phytotherapy Research, 34(10), 2675-2684. https://doi.org/10.1002/ptr.6698

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Mar 22, 2020
• Online Publication Date: Apr 8, 2020
• Publication Date: 2020-10
• Deposit Date: Apr 13, 2020
• Publicly Available Date: Apr 9, 2021
• Journal: Phytotherapy Research
• Print ISSN: 0951-418X
• Publisher: Wiley
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 34
• Issue: 10
• Pages: 2675-2684
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ptr.6698
• Keywords: Airway extubation; Anxiety; Aromatherapy; Coronary artery bypass surgery; Lavender oil; Pain; Rose
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/3495131
• Publisher URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ptr.6698