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NCT Number: NCT05500664

The Effect of Aromatherapy on Anxiety in Patients

Preoperative anxiety is considered a potential and preventable risk factor for postoperative complications.

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Key information

Conditions

Anxiety Anxiety Disorders Mental Disorders Neurologic Manifestations Pain Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Signs and Symptoms

Age range

40 year–70 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Emad Zarief Kamel Said

Asyut, 71111, Egypt

About this study

Alot of patients face fear from intervention such as radiofrequency. The group of patients with chronic knee osteoarthritis already and mostly have some sore of psychological upset, radiofrequency itself , even in the presence of good periinterventional local anesthetic infiltration, the patients suffer pain and stress. It is well evidenced that aromatherapy specially with Lavender oil offers some sort of anxiety alleviation, pain alleviation and protection against postoperative nausea and vomiting

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • adult patients with knee osteoarthritis
  • scheduled for genicular nerve radiofrequency

Exclusion criteria

  • Allergy to lavender
  • psychological disorders
  • upper respiratory tract illness

Treatment and study plan

Lavender Oil

Drug

three drops of the designated lavender will be placed on a 2-inch by 2-inch impermeable, backed gauze pad and patient was asked to inhale deeply for 5 minutes

Primary outcomes

  1. change of Speilberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory

    Time frame: preintervention, 15 minutes postintervention

    change of Speilberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory , There are 20 questions (I feel calm, secure, tense, strained, at ease, upset, am presently worrying over possible misfortunes, satisfied, frightened, uncomfortable, self-confident, nervous, jittery, indecisive, relaxed, content, worried, confused, steady and pleasant) where people rate their anxiety from one (not at all) to four (very much so), and scores range from 20 to 80. low anxiety is 20 to 37, moderate anxiety is 38 to 44, and high anxiety is 45 to 80.

Secondary outcomes

  1. change of Pain visual analog scale

    Time frame: Preintervention, 15 minutes postintervention

    change of Pain visual analog scale, Scale from 0 ( no pain ) up to 10 (worst experienced pain)

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Assiut University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

The Effect of Aromatherapy on Anxiety in Patients Undergoing Genicular Nerve Radiofrequency for Painful Knee Osteoarthritis

Important dates

Study start
2022
Primary completion
2022
Study completion
2022
First posted
Aug 15, 2022
Registry last updated
Aug 15, 2022

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