The effects of Melissa officinalis on Stress, Anxiety, Depression, sleep disturbances and Compassion Fatigue among Nurses Caring for COVID-19 Patients

Determining the effects of melissa officinalis on stress, anxiety, depression, sleep disorders and compassion fatigue among Nurses Caring for COVID-19 Patients

Clinical trial with control group, with parallel groups, double-blind, randomized, phase three on 88 nurses, for randomization, Android Statistics and sample size software will be used.

The researcher will refer to Ayatollah Rouhani Hospital in Babol and coronavirus patients' wards, and the nurses will be selected according to their inclusion and randomization criteria based on Android statistical software. Questionnaires will be completed (demographic characteristics, stress, anxiety and depression, Petersburg sleep quality, and compassion fatigue). Nurses in the experimental group will be given lemon balm tea and the placebo group will be given black tea twice a day (morning and evening) for 21 days after the intervention (for twenty-one days or three weeks) again in the fourth week. The mentioned questionnaires will be completed by the nurses of both groups and will be collected with the help of the researcher in different shifts. Nurses and researchers will be blind to the type of tea consumed.

At least a degree in nursing؛ Having one year of work experience and at least six months of care for coronavirus patients؛ No history of asthma, allergies, and chronic diseases؛ Lack of stressful events in the last three months.

Nurses in the experimental group will be given lemon balm tea in a 3-gram bag from Newsha twice (morning and evening) for 21 days. Nurses of the placebo group will be given black tea in the form of a 3 gram bag (Tea-bag) from Newsha twice (morning and evening) for 21 days

Determining the level of stress, anxiety, depression in nurses

Randomization will be performed using the permutation block method. In this study, the size of each block is considered 4. Each block will have an equal number of intervention and control groups (2 from each) in random order. Randomization is written by a statistician and sample size expert using Android software. Similar envelopes will be considered for the number of nurses. The type of intervention will be written inside each envelope. The number of orders will be written on the envelopes. After entering the study, one of these envelopes will be assigned to each of the nurses and the relevant code will be recorded in the checklist.

Both tea bags of lemon balm and black tea will be similar in appearance, size and weight (3 grams) and will be unknown from Newsha products and the type of bags. The nurses studied will not be aware of the type of tea. The researcher will be blind to the type of tea consumed for each nurse.

With the official consent of the Research Deputy of Babol University of Medical Sciences