Objective: Comparison of lavender and Rosa Damascena scents on anxiety and vital signs of patients under coronary artery Angiography.
Design: A clinical trial, single-center, randomized (block).
How do: study in four groups: lavender, damask rose, placebo and control is performed. In this single-blind study, patients and the analyzed individual who does not have the kind of intervention.
Inclusion criteria: age 35-70 years, alert, a healthy sense of smell; no drugs, anti-anxiety and depression in the past year, the non-occurrence of a traumatic event over a month before the intervention; angiography for the first time.
Exclusion criteria: the history of asthma, bronchitis, chronic respiratory diseases, sensitivity to smell fragrant essential oils, drug addiction, mental disorders, angiography for acute myocardial infarction, hemodynamic disorder.
Intervention: The intervention in two groups of aromatherapy with lavender and damask rose essential oil (with a concentration of 100% herbal medicines provided by companies Barij Essence Kashan) used separately, So that patients don't have Information from intervention. Essential to the hours of 22 to 6 am on angiography in patients and at a rate of two drops on a piece of gauze 2 × 2 has been attached to his collar. For intervention in the placebo group, from 22 hours to 6 am on angiography in patients and at a rate of three drops of water in a small glass container will be placed at a distance of 1 m from the patient. The main outcome variables: anxiety patients underwent coronary angiography.