NCT05464602

The Effect of Aromatherapy in Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Patients

The Effect of Aromatherapy on Postoperative Pain, Sleep Quality and Physiological Parameters in Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Patients

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 150 (actual)
• Sponsor: TC Erciyes University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Pain experienced before and after surgery in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy adversely affects physiological parameters and sleep quality. This randomized controlled study was conducted to examine the effects of preoperative and postoperative inhalation lavender and geranium essential oil on patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy on pain, sleep, and physiological parameters. The study was completed with 3 groups and 150 people, namely the geranium oil group (n=50), lavender oil group (n=50) and control group (n=50). The ethics committee approval, informed consent of the individuals and the institutional permission were obtained. In the study, data were collected using the patient identification form, Richard-Campbell Sleep Scale and visual analog scale. Chi-square test,repeated measures one-way analysis of variance, and Spearman correlation analysis tests were used to assess the data. In the comparisons, the value of p\<0.05 was accepted as significant.

Conditions

• Cholecystectomy
• Aromatherapy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Intervention group Lavender	This group received inhalation aromatherapy 2 drops of lavender oil from aromastone for a total of 3 days, one day before the operation, the day of the operation and the first day after the operation.
OTHER	Intervention group Geranium	This group received inhalation aromatherapy 2 drops of geranium oil from aromastone for a total of 3 days, one day before the operation, the day of the operation and the first day after the operation.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-01-27
• Primary completion: 2022-05-12
• Completion: 2022-05-12
• First posted: 2022-07-19
• Last updated: 2023-09-07

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)