Comparing the effect of Melissa officinalis tea versus Matricaria Chamomilla tea on pain intensity, anxiety, and satisfaction with pain management in patients undergoing lower limb orthopedic surgury

comparing the effect of matricaria chamomilla tea and melissa officinalis tea on pain intensity, anxiety and satisfaction with pain management in patients undergoing lower limb orthopaedic surgery

in this study, 96 patients undergoing lower limb orthopaedic surgery having inclusion criteria will choose. participants will allocate to the three study group (chmomile, melissa officinalis, control) with randomization blocking.

This study is randomized controled trial that will done in ayatollah kashani educational hospital. After obtaining informed consent form, participants will allocate to three study group with randomization blocking method. First, pain intensity, anxiety and satisfaction with pain management will evaluate with standard questionaire. then, matricaria chamomilla tea will prescribe for matricaria chamomilla group, melissa officinalis tea will prescribe for melissa officinalis group, and black tea will prescribe for control group. After all interventions, before and after intervention mean score of each variable before compared in each group and between the three study groups.

patient undergoing lower limb orthopaedic surgery, willingness to participate in the study, normal gag reflex after surgery, age 15 and over, moderate and sever pain intensity (point 4 and above in VAS scale), orientation to time, place and person, no prescription of anxiolytic drug, Absence of underlying disease causing pain and anxiety, lack of history of sensitivity to Melissa officinalis and Matricaria Chamomilla, no prescription of warffarin, no prescription benzodiazepines and sedative drugs, lack of asthma, normal kidney and liver function

Melissa officinalis group: for this group, melissa officinalis tea bag produced by Golnoosh Darband company will beprescribed. Each tea bag contains 1g melissa officinalis. melissa officinalis tea will prescribe three times per day in 6 AM, 2 PM and 10 PM. Each time, 1 tea bag containing melissa officinalis will put in 150 cc of boiling water and then consumed by the patient. Matricaria chamomilla group: for this group, matricaria chamomilla tea bag produced by Golnoosh Darband company will be prescribed. Each tea bag contains 1g matricaria chamomilla. Since time of intervetions mus be eqaual in all three groups, therefore, matricaria chamomilla tea will prescribe 3 times a day in similar times with melissa officinals group. Control group: for this group, black tea will prescribe at above mentioned times.

pain intensity anxiety satisfaction with pain management

the sample for this study is 96 patients which will allocate to three groups (chamomile, melissa officinalis, control) with blocking randomization method. for randomization, 32 block with capacity of 3 patients will be made. blocking will be based on demographic data (age group, sex, addiction). each patient is first allocated to a block based on his or her demographic data, then, based on drawing a letter, the patients allocates to one of the study groups. allocation of second and third patinet of each block to study groups, will be based on previos patints on that block.

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