Display options
Cite
Salamati A, Mashouf S, Sahbaei F, et al. Effects of Inhalation of Lavender Essential Oil on Open-heart Surgery Pain. Iran J Pharm Res. 2014;13(4):1257-61
Salamati, A., Mashouf, S., Sahbaei, F., & Mojab, F. (2014). Effects of Inhalation of Lavender Essential Oil on Open-heart Surgery Pain. Iranian journal of pharmaceutical research : IJPR, 13(4), 1257-61.
Salamati, Armaiti, et al. "Effects of Inhalation of Lavender Essential Oil on Open-heart Surgery Pain." Iranian journal of pharmaceutical research : IJPR vol. 13,4 (2014): 1257-61.
Salamati A, Mashouf S, Sahbaei F, Mojab F. Effects of Inhalation of Lavender Essential Oil on Open-heart Surgery Pain. Iran J Pharm Res. 2014;13(4):1257-61. PMID: 25587315; PMCID: PMC4232792.
Copy Download .nbib Format: NLM
Share it on

Iran J Pharm Res. 2014;13(4):1257-61.

Effects of Inhalation of Lavender Essential Oil on Open-heart Surgery Pain.

Iranian journal of pharmaceutical research : IJPR

Armaiti Salamati, Soheyla Mashouf, Faezeh Sahbaei, Faraz Mojab

Affiliations

  1. Faculty of Nursing & Midwifery, Islamic Azad University of Tehran Medical Branch, Tehran, Iran.
  2. Department of Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. ; Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

PMID: 25587315 PMCID: PMC4232792

Abstract

This study evaluated the effects of inhalation of lavender essential oil on the pain of open-heart surgery. The main complaint of patients after open-heart surgery is chest pain. Due to the side effects of opioids, it is important to use a non-invasive way to effectively relieve pain including aromatherapy with analgesics. This study was a clinical single-blind trial and was conducted on 40 patients who had open-heart surgery in the cardiac ICU of 2 Hospitals of Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2012. Criteria included: full consciousness, spontaneous breathing ability and not using synthetic opioids within 2 hours before extubation. After extubation, the patients were asked to mark the intensity of their pain using the visual analogue scale. Then, a cotton swab which was impregnated with 2 drops of lavender essential oil 2% was placed in their oxygen mask, and they got breath for 10 minutes. 30 minutes after aromatherapy, they were asked to re-mark their pain intensity. The level of patient's pain before and after aroma therapy were compared. The pain mean level before and after inhaling lavender essential oil was 5.60 (SD = 2.262) and 4.98 (SD = 2.293), respectively (p-value>0.05). Therefore, there is no significant difference and the result of study proves that lavender essential oil inhalation has no effect on reducing the pain of open-heart surgery.

Keywords: Aromatherapy; Control of pain; Lavender; Open-heart surgery

References

  1. J Clin Oncol. 2003 Jun 15;21(12 ):2372-6 - PubMed
  2. Psychosom Med. 2004 Jul-Aug;66(4):599-606 - PubMed
  3. Intensive Crit Care Nurs. 1996 Dec;12(6):359-62 - PubMed
  4. Pain Manag Nurs. 2004 Jun;5(2):59-65 - PubMed
  5. Obes Surg. 2007 Jul;17 (7):920-5 - PubMed
  6. J Nurs Care Qual. 2003 Oct-Dec;18(4):281-7 - PubMed
  7. Int J Neurosci. 1998 Dec;96(3-4):217-24 - PubMed
  8. Surg Clin North Am. 1999 Apr;79(2):253-73 - PubMed
  9. Iran J Pharm Res. 2012 Fall;11(4):1073-7 - PubMed
  10. Iran J Pharm Res. 2012 Summer;11(3):831-7 - PubMed
  11. Pak J Biol Sci. 2011 Jun 1;14(11):664-7 - PubMed
  12. Anesth Analg. 2003 Aug;97(2):534-40, table of contents - PubMed
  13. Health Soc Work. 2000 Aug;25(3):201-9 - PubMed
  14. Nursing. 1999 Sep;29(9):17 - PubMed
  15. Pain Pract. 2006 Dec;6(4):273-7 - PubMed
  16. Cell Prolif. 2004 Jun;37(3):221-9 - PubMed

Publication Types