NCT03304938

Lavender Aromatherapy on Sleep Quality and Metabolic Parameters of Type 2 Diabetic Patients With Insomnia

Efficacy and Safety of Lavender Aromatherapy on Sleep Quality and Metabolic Parameters of Type 2 Diabetic Patients With Insomnia

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 36 (actual)
• Sponsor: Shiraz University of Medical Sciences · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 25 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study is designed as cross-over double-blind placebo-controlled randomized clinical trial that 40 diabetic patients with sleep disorder with the inclusion criteria will enter into the study and randomly assign to first intervention and first placebo groups.The primary outcomes are change in sleep disorder and metabolic parameters that will be evaluated at the end of the study.

Detailed description

Considering the high prevalence of sleep disturbance in diabetic patients and the effectiveness of lavender in treatment of sleep disorders in this study the efficacy of Lavender aromatherapy in sleep disorder and metabolic parameters in diabetic patients will be investigated. This study is designed as cross-over double-blind placebo-controlled randomized clinical trial that 40 diabetic patients with sleep disorder with the inclusion criteria will enter into the study and randomly assign to first intervention and first placebo groups.The primary outcomes are change in sleep disorder and metabolic parameters that will be evaluated at the end of the study.

Conditions

• Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
• Sleep Disturbance

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	Lavender Oil	The intervention group pour 3 drops of Lavender essential oil on a cotton wool then smell it rhythmic and slowly for 5 minutes at bed time for 4 weeks
DRUG	Placebos	The placebo group pour 3 drops of Almond oil on a cotton wool then smell it rhythmic and slowly for 5 minutes at bed time for 4 weeks

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-02-01
• Primary completion: 2018-11-01
• Completion: 2018-12-01
• First posted: 2017-10-09
• Last updated: 2019-04-08

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: Iran