NCT06295874

The Effect of Aromatherapy Massage on Pain, Anxiety and Comfort

Effect of Aromatherapy Massage Applıed to Intensıve Care Patıents on Physıologıcal Parameters, Paın, Anxıety and Intensıve Care Comfort

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 61 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Nilgün Erdoğan · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) experience physical and psychological discomfort, including pain. Anxiety is a condition frequently encountered in the ICU. The hospital environment, especially the ICU, is reported as a significant cause of anxiety for patients. Comfort is a holistic, subjective and multidimensional concept that is affected by physical, environmental, social and psycho-spiritual contexts and changes over time and space. Comfort in intensive care is often associated with pain relief and end-of-life care. Assessment tools have been developed to measure patient comfort in the ICU, including levels of pain, delirium, and sedation. This work; Patients who are monitored in intensive care under high-flow and oxygen are treated with a mixture of lavender, thyme and eucalyptus oil (20 ml; lavender oil 5 drops, thyme oil 4 drops, eucalyptus oil 3 drops and 20 ml almond oil) twice a day for three days. This study was conducted to determine the effect of aromatherapy massage applied for a total of 30 minutes on some physiological parameters, pain, anxiety and intensive care comfort of the patients.

Conditions

• Respiratory Insufficiency
• Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
• Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
• High Blood Pressure
• Stroke, Ischemic

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Effect of aromatherapy massage on vital signs, pain, anxiety and comfort level	The study applied a mixture of lavender, thyme and eucalyptus oil (5 drops of lavender oil, 4 drops of thyme oil, 3 drops of eucalyptus oil and 20 ml of almond oil in 20 ml) to patients who were monitored in intensive care on high-flow and oxygen, for three days. It was conducted as a randomized controlled single-blind study to evaluate the effects of aromatherapy massage applied twice a day for a total of 30 minutes on some physiological parameters, pain, anxiety and comfort levels.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-01-05
• Primary completion: 2024-08-30
• Completion: 2024-08-30
• First posted: 2024-03-06
• Last updated: 2024-03-06

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)