A Comparison of the effects of violet and chamomile essential oils on the sleep quality of patients with acute coronary syndrome admitted to the cardiac intensive care unit

A Comparing the effects of violet and chamomile essential oils on the sleep quality of patients with acute coronary syndrome

The clinical trial is double-blind and randomized according to table number. The sample size is 70 people who were divided into two groups of 35 people (2 intervention groups). Both groups receive usual care for the treatment of acute coronary syndrome, but the intervention groups, in addition to usual care, undergo aromatherapy intervention with chamomile essential oil and violet essential oil.

This study is a single-blind clinical trial. The sample of the study is patients with acute coronary syndrome hospitalized in the CCU department of Shahid Beheshti Hospital in Kashan. Patients participating in the study will be divided into two groups of 30 intervention and one control group. The data collection tool is the demographic characteristics questionnaire and the Pittsburgh sleep quality scale.

Entry requirements: written consent; ; age 35-70 years; Literacy for reading and writing; has not used complementary treatments for at least one month before; Conditions for non-entry: absence of addiction, no history of respiratory allergies, and sensitivity to flowers and plants; the presence of olfactory disorders; Not using any drugs that affect sleep during the study, except for the drug treatment prescribed by the department

Intervention group: patients with acute coronary syndrome who refer to the heart department of the hospital and undergo aromatherapy intervention with chamomile essential oil and violet essential oil, and the patient is asked to place cotton on the palm and take ten deep breaths, then with a pin It is installed on the patient's clothes in the direction of the nostril

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In this research, simple randomization method is used to implement random allocation. In this way, we prepare 60 cards with the same appearance and specify the number or code 1 on 30 cards, which identifies the "chamomile essential oil intervention" group. And on the other 30 cards, the number or code 2 is written, which specifies the "Violet essential oil intervention" group. Each person who is eligible to enter the study then randomly selects one of these cards with the code written on it, thereby randomly assigning patients to each group without knowing the trial participants. Learn about the nature of numbers. . 1 or 2 be aware of the type of intervention to be determined.

In the present study, participating patients, clinical caregivers (nurses), and data analysts were kept blind in the study. None of the participants know which intervention or control group they belong to and only know that they are participating in the research. Also, the nurses who are responsible for caring for the patients under study do not know the type of intervention or patient control group. Finally, the data analyzer will not know the type of patient group and the data will be provided as a code.

The data is kept confidential by the researcher and provided to the study participants if desired. Data analysis is presented in the form of tables and charts..