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Comparison of Bergamot and Mint Aromatherapy on Stress and Sleep Quality in Myocardial Infarction Patients

Comparison The effect of aromatherapy of bergamot essential oil with peppermint essential oil on acute stress and sleep quality in the elderly with acute myocardial infarction

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
IRCT
Registry ID
IRCT20170514033961N9
Enrollment
108
Registered
2022-05-22
Start date
2022-05-26
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2022-05-30

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Conditions

Condition 1: acute myocardial infarction. Condition 2: Acute stress reaction. Condition 3: sleep disorders. Condition 4: Aromatherapy. Other current complications following acute myocardial infarction

Interventions

Intervention 1: Intervention group, intervention with bergamot essence with 5% consistency in this group to drop of essence by dropper drop into oxygen mask sick must to smell that 3 minutes. This

Sponsors

Khoram-Abad University of Medical Sciences
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
60 Years to 80 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: The individuals desire to participate in the study Being 60-80 years old Definitive diagnosis of myocardial infarction (based on diagnosis of resident physician due to ECG changes, tests especially troponin positive and clinical signs) Definitive diagnosis of myocardial infarction (based on diagnosis of resident physician due to ECG changes, tests especially positive troponin and symptoms Clinical) Be vigilant (be aware of time - place and person) The patient has the ability to understand the content in Persian or the local dialect Score more than 19 based on the DASS-21 stress questionnaire Get a score of more than 22 based on the St. Mary's Hospital Sleep Quality Questionnaire

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Emergence of emergency situations that require immediate intervention Allergy to bergamot and mint essential oils Occurrence of cognitive disorders during the study, including: panic and delirium Death of the patient Taking sleeping pills and antidepressants for 3 months before starting the study The patient has known sleep disorders and pre-hospital stress Have an addiction to drugs and alcohol Has been through a lot of stress in the last 6 months Impaired sense of smell

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Acute stress score: It is a condition in which the body loses its ability to adapt to physical and psychological stress and with one or more physical and psychological symptoms such as palpitations, high blood pressure, hypothermia, vasoconstriction, decreased blood flow, insomnia. And depression. Acute stress in this study will be measured based on the DASS Stress, Anxiety and Depression Questionnaire which is 21 questions. This tool has three subscales and one of these three subscales is related to stress. The stress subscale includes questions 18, 14, 12, 11, 8, 6, 1. Due to the fact that this questionnaire is modified, the scores are multiplied by two. Due to the fact that this questionnaire is modified, the scores are multiplied by two. Scores of 14 to 0 indicate normal conditions, 18 to 15 indicate mild stress, 25 to 19 indicate moderate stress, 33 to 26 indicate severe stress, and scores above 33 indicate very severe stress. In this study, a score of more than 19 is considered. Timepoint: Before the intervention, the first night of hospitalization, the second night of hospitalization. Method of measurement: Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21).;Sleep quality score: Sleep quality is a defined period of inactivity and lack of awareness that affects quality of life. Sleep quality is actually a distinct degree of sleep that includes seven components: mental quality of sleep, delay in falling asleep, duration of sleep, beneficial sleep, sleep disorders, use of sleeping pills and dysfunction of daily sleep. In this study, the sleep quality questionnaire Used in St. Mary's Hospital. Includes 4 levels: 1) No sleep disorders. 2) Mild sleep disorder. 3) Moderate sleep disorder. 4) is a severe sleep disorder, and the elderly with a sleep quality score of more than 22 based on the St. Mary's Hospital sleep quality questionnaire are surveyed. Timepoint: Before the intervention, the first night of hospitalization, the second night of hospitalization. Method of me

Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public Contactsaki mandana

Khoram-Abad University of Medical Sciences

m.saki@modares.ac.ir+98 66 3331 6465

Outcome results

None listed

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