NCT03583801

Assessment of the Aromatherapy to Alleviate Peri Operative Anxiety in Ambulatory Elective Upper Limb Surgery Under Loco-regional Anesthesia

Aromatherapy and Peri Operative Anxiety : Assessment in Ambulatory Elective Upper Limb Surgery Under Loco-regional Anesthesia, a Randomized Controlled Study

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 294 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University Hospital, Lille · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 90 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

AROMA study is a randomised controlled parallel-group single-site study. Patients randomized in the experimental group benefit from the aromatherapy at their arrival in the operating theatre in the recovery room. 2 drops of essential oils are applied on a compress placed next to the head of the patient. This compress is kept until the patient is leaving the operating theatre. Patients randomized in the control group don't benefit from the aromatherapy. The anxiety evolution is measured in both groups with the Amsterdam Preoperative Anxiety and Information Scale (APAIS). The hypothesis is that aromatherapy alleviate peri operative anxiety during an ambulatory elective upper limb surgery under loco-regional anesthesia.

Conditions

• Anxiety

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Olfactory aromatherapy	2 drops of the essential oil choosed by the patient are applied on a compress placed next to his head from his arrival in the recovery room to his leaving from the operating theatre. The method of administration is the respiratory tract..
OTHER	without aromatherapy	no intervention

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-09-14
• Primary completion: 2023-09-01
• Completion: 2023-09-01
• First posted: 2018-07-11
• Last updated: 2022-10-14

Locations

1 site across 1 country: France