Effects of Inhalation of Lavender Essential Oil on Open-heart Surgery Pain
| Author | Armaiti Salamati | en |
| Author | Soheyla Mashouf | en |
| Author | Faezeh Sahbaei | en |
| Author | Faraz Mojab | en |
| Issued Date | 2014-10-31 | en |
| Abstract | This study evaluated the effects of inhalation of lavender essential oil on the pain of open-heart surgery. The main complaint of patients after open-heart surgery is chest pain. Due to the side effects of opioids, it is important to use a non-invasive way to effectively relieve pain including aromatherapy with analgesics. This study was a clinical single-blind trial and was conducted on 40 patients who had open-heart surgery in the cardiac ICU of 2 Hospitals of Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2012. Criteria included: full consciousness, spontaneous breathing ability and not using synthetic opioids within 2 hours before extubation. After extubation, the patients were asked to mark the intensity of their pain using the visual analogue scale. Then, a cotton swab which was impregnated with 2 drops of lavender essential oil 2% was placed in their oxygen mask, and they got breath for 10 minutes. 30 minutes after aromatherapy, they were asked to re-mark their pain intensity. The level of patient’s pain before and after aroma therapy were compared. The pain mean level before and after inhaling lavender essential oil was 5.60 (SD = 2.262) and 4.98 (SD = 2.293), respectively (p-value>0.05). Therefore, there is no significant difference and the result of study proves that lavender essential oil inhalation has no effect on reducing the pain of open-heart surgery. | en |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.22037/ijpr.2014.1575 | en |
| Keyword | Aromatherapy | en |
| Keyword | Lavender | en |
| Keyword | Control of pain | en |
| Keyword | Open-heart surgery | en |
| Publisher | Brieflands | en |
| Title | Effects of Inhalation of Lavender Essential Oil on Open-heart Surgery Pain | en |
| Type | Original Article | en |