Effects of lavender and Citrus aurantium on pain of conscious intensive care unit patients: A parallel randomized placebo-controlled trial

作     者：Zahra Karimzadeh Mansooreh Azizzadeh Forouzi Haleh Tajadini Mehdi Ahmadinejad Callista Roy Mahlagha Dehghan Zahra Karimzadeh;Mansooreh Azizzadeh Forouzi;Haleh Tajadini;Mehdi Ahmadinejad;Callista Roy;Mahlagha Dehghan

作者机构：Department of Critical Care NursingRazi Faculty of Nursing and MidwiferyKerman University of Medical SciencesKerman ***Iran Neuroscience Research CenterInstitute of NeuropharmacologyKerman University of Medical SciencesKerman ***Iran Department of Traditional MedicineFaculty of Traditional MedicineKerman University of Medical SciencesKerman ***Iran Department of Critical Care MedicineKerman University of Medical SciencesKerman ***Iran Department of NursingMount Saint Mary's UniversityLos AngelesCA 90049USA Nursing Research CenterKerman University of Medical SciencesKerman ***Iran 

出 版 物：《Journal of Integrative Medicine》 (结合医学学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2021年第19卷第4期

页      面：333-339页

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学科分类：1011[医学-护理学（可授医学、理学学位）] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Pain Lavender Citrus aurantium Intensive care Aromatherapy 

摘      要：Background: Conscious patients admitted to intensive care units(ICUs) suffer from pain for various reasons, which can affect their recovery ***: The present study compared the effects of aromatherapy with Citrus aurantium and lavender essential oils against placebo for reducing pain in conscious intensive care ***, setting, participants and interventions: This study was a parallel randomized placebo-controlled trial. The ICUs of two educational hospitals in Kerman in Southeastern Iran were the study *** hundred and fifty conscious intensive care patients were randomly divided into three groups using a stratified block randomization method. Two groups received aromatherapy with essential oils: one with lavender and the other with C. aurantium;these patients received a 30-minute therapy session using their assigned essential oil on the second day of their intensive care stay. The placebo group used 5 drops of normal saline instead of essential oil during their *** outcome measures: Patient’s pain was assessed using a visual analog scale before the aromatherapy intervention, as well as immediately after and one and three hours after ***: The mean pain score of the lavender group was 40.01 before the aromatherapy intervention and fell to 39.40, 30.60 and 23.68 immediately after the intervention, and at hour one and three postintervention, respectively. The mean pain score of the C. aurantium group was 45.48 before the intervention and was reduced to 32.34 at three hours after the intervention. The mean pain of the placebo group decreased from 42.80 before the intervention to 35.20 at three hours after the intervention. Pain scores of all groups decreased during the study(P 0.001). The mean pain of the lavender group was significantly lower than that of the placebo group at three hours after the ***: The results of this study showed that aromatherapy with lavender essential oil reduced pain