The Anxiolytic Effect of Aromatherapy on Patients Awaiting Ambulatory Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

The Anxiolytic Effect of Aromatherapy on Patients Awaiting Ambulatory Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Published:2013 Issue: Volume:2013 Page:1-5
ISSN:1741-427X
Container-title:Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
language:en
Short-container-title:Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Author:

Ni Cheng-Hua¹²³⁴,Hou Wen-Hsuan⁴⁵⁶,Kao Ching-Chiu¹²,Chang Ming-Li²,Yu Lee-Fen¹²,Wu Chia-Che⁷⁸,Chen Chiehfeng⁶⁹¹⁰¹¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. School of Nursing, College of Nursing, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 11031, Taiwan

2. Department of Nursing, Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 11696, Taiwan

3. Head Nurse of Operating Room, Department of Nursing, Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 11696, Taiwan

4. Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 11031, Taiwan

5. School of Gerontology Healthcare Management, College of Nursing, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 11031, Taiwan

6. Center for Evidence-Based Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 11031, Taiwan

7. Department of Otolaryngology, Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 11696, Taiwan

8. Department of Otolaryngology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 11031, Taiwan

9. Department of Public Health, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 11031, Taiwan

10. Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 11696, Taiwan

11. Evidence-Based Medicine Center, Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 11696, Taiwan

Abstract

The aim of this study was to determine if aromatherapy could reduce preoperative anxiety in ambulatory surgery patients. A total of 109 preoperative patients were randomly assigned to experimental (bergamot essential oil) and control (water vapor) conditions and their responses to the State Trait Anxiety Inventory and vital signs were monitored. Patients were stratified by previous surgical experience, but that did not influence the results. All those exposed to bergamot essential oil aromatherapy showed a greater reduction in preoperative anxiety than those in the control groups. Aromatherapy may be a useful part of a holistic approach to reducing preoperative anxiety before ambulatory surgery.

Publisher

Hindawi Limited

Subject

Complementary and alternative medicine

Link

http://downloads.hindawi.com/journals/ecam/2013/927419.pdf

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