Effect of the lemon essence on patients with acute myocardial infarction

Comparison of the lemon essence with placebo on anxiety, blood pressure, and electrocardiogram changes in patients with acute myocardial infarction

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

IRCT

Registry ID

IRCT20130616013690N5

Enrollment

100

Registered

2018-09-22

Start date

2018-09-23

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2019-10-07

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Conditions

Acute myocardial infarction. ST elevation (STEMI) and non-ST elevation (NSTEMI) myocardial infarction

Interventions

Intervention 1: Intervention group: Take five drops of lemon essence on a cotton pad and put it in an open box at a distance of 20 centimeters of the patients. This essence is used at 8:30, 10:30, 12:

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 80 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction according to patient records Patients with 18 years old or above be able to speak in Persian language being oriented to time, person and place

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Patient has an asthma, a respiratory allergy or be sensitive to extracts of the plant the patient had olfactory problems, and nasal injury being known case of psychological diseases (major depression, anxiety, psychosis, etc.) having previous cardiovascular diseases, old myocardial infarction, and performed coronary artery bypass surgery, Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty Presence of previously recognized arrhythmia (atrial fibrillation, ventricular atrial block, left and right heart block and ...) having chronic bronchitis, atelectasis, and other chronic respiratory diseases Participated in previous studies received complementary and alternative interventions from a week before the intervention

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Anxiety. Timepoint: 30 minutes before the intervention and four days after the intervention at 8:00 A.M. Method of measurement: Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI).	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Blood pressure. Timepoint: 30 minutes before the intervention and every day from second to fourth days at 8 A.M. Method of measurement: Digital heart monitoring device.;Electrocardiogram changes. Timepoint: 30 minutes before the intervention and every day from second to fourth days at 8 A.M. Method of measurement: Digital heart monitoring device.	—

Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactMasoume Rambod

Shiraz University of Medical Sciences

rambodma@yahoo.com+98 71 3647 4258

Outcome results

None listed

Source: IRCT (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026