The effect of aromatherapy with lavender oil and Citrus Limon on undergraduate students anxiety before the post-internship Objective Structured Clinical Examination test (OSCE)

The effect of aromatherapy with lavender oil and citrus limon on undergraduate students of the faculty of nursing and para-medicine anxiety before the post-internship Objective Structured Clinical Examination test (OSCE)

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

IRCT

Registry ID

IRCT20130718014049N11

Enrollment

Registered

2024-01-07

Start date

2023-12-31

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-01-22

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Conditions

Anxiety of undergraduate students before the Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) test at the end of the course.

Interventions

Intervention 1: Intervention group:At the beginning of the research, the students' demographic information questionnaire will be filled and for the first time, Sarason's anxiety and vital signs questi

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 25 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: All final year undergraduate students of nursing and paramedical faculties Consent to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Having a respiratory sensitivity to the scent of lavender and citrus limon Having olfactory disorders Use of sedative drugs Using stress-reducing methods such as music therapy and... Having anxiety disorders

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Test anxiety score. Timepoint: Before the intervention, 15 minutes after the intervention, after the test. Method of measurement: Sarason questionnaire.	—

Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactAli Abbasi jahromi

Jahrom University of Medical Sciences

aliabbasijahromi@yahoo.com+98 71 5434 0406

Outcome results

None listed

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