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Study aim
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Determining the comparison of the effects of Neurogol (Valerine and Lemon Balm) and Clonidine on anxiety, hemodynamic changes and shivering in total knee replacement
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Design
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A clinical trial with a control group (oral tablets containing Neurogol, clonidine tablets), standard treatment control group (without drugs) with parallel groups, randomized, phase 3 on 96 patients. The rand function of Excel software was used for randomization.
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Settings and conduct
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The place of study is Imam Khomeini Hospital, Sari. Sampling using closed envelope method and random numbers table will place patients in three control and control groups. Two nights before the surgery, after completing the questionnaire, two tablets of Neurogol were given to the intervention group and the control group was given no medication. Clonidine along with the placebo was given to the patient on the morning of the surgery 1 to 1 and a half hours before the surgery.
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Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
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The inclusion criteria for the study include full consciousness of the patient, class 1 and 2 of the American Society of Anesthesiology, minimum literacy and reading and writing, no consumption of alcohol and anti-anxiety and sedative drugs, no history of mental-neurological disease.Exclusion criteria are people with severe anxiety (overt anxiety score higher than 64 or hidden anxiety score higher than 62), history of allergy to clonidine and Neurogol drugs, use of tourniquet, users of sedative or anti-anxiety drugs, underlying disease or pregnancy.
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Intervention groups
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The intervention groups will be assigned to three groups of oral tablets containing Neurogol (N), clonidine tablets (K) as the control group and the standard treatment group (without medicine) as the control group.
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Main outcome variables
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anxiety