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Study aim
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To determine the effect of Curcuma Longa on the chest pain, sleep quality and hemodynamic indices in patients with acute coronary syndrome
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Design
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Clinical Trial, by using block randomization, the Patients enter in intervention, placebo or control group, A pilot study including10 patients from each group, will determine the size of the sample, Parallel groups, double blind.
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Settings and conduct
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This study is performed in the intensive cardiac care unit of Kosar Hospital in Semnan. The medicine is given to the patient by the physician (double blind), the researcher and patient did not know about the Curcuma Longa and placebo.
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Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
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Inclusion criteria: diagnosis acute coronary syndrome, patient consent for participation in the study, patient 45 to 75 years old, lack of active mental illness, mental retardation, deafness, blindness, lack of sensitivity to Curcuma Longa, lack of addiction to alcohol and Opioid, patients who are able to speak and understand language and conscious, no history of sleeping drugs consumption, chest pain score greater than four, systolic blood pressure 90-100 mmHg. Exclusion criteria: pregnant women, patients with gallstones or bile disorders.
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Intervention groups
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The intervention group received one 500 mg Curcuma Longa tablet once a day, 9 am after breakfast, for three days, in addition to routine regimen. The control group 1 group receives placebo tablet once a day, 9 am after breakfast, for three days, in addition to routine regimen. The control group 2 receives routine regimen.
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Main outcome variables
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Evaluation of pain is performed with Numeric Rating Scale; sleep quality by St Mary's Hospital Sleep Questionnaires; evaluation of hemodynamic indicators by the monitor of Pooyandegan Rah-e-Salamat