Effect aromatherapy with lavender essential oil on sleep quality and fatigue

The effect of aromatherapy with lavender essential oil on sleep quality and fatigue of major depressed patients.

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

IRCT

Registry ID

IRCT20180924041109N2

Enrollment

Registered

2019-05-05

Start date

2018-10-07

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2019-05-21

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Conditions

major depression. Major depressive disorder, single episode, moderate

Interventions

Intervention 1: Intervention Group: aromatherapy with Lavender essential oil. Intervention 2: Control group: Aromatherapy with sweet almond oil.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 60 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Aged 18-60 Having Complete consciousness Have reading and writing skills Having a healthy sense of smell (examining the nerve pair 1) If you take antidepressants, you are less than 3 weeks old after taking antidepressants Earn score 5 and above Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Questionnaire A score of 7-24 Hamilton questionnaires Obtain 21 and higher Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory Questionnaire (MFI)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Drinking alcohol and cigarettes and drugs Taking hypnotic drugs and antihistamines Allergic rhenitis, asthma and respiratory diseases The use of known methods of complementary and traditional medicine that affects the quality of sleep coincident with this intervention. Gain score higher than 2 based on the title of suicide from the Hamilton Measurement Scale for depression History of allergy to aromatic substances and lavender oil Intolerance to lavender smell Failure to intervene for more than three continues days Crisis or accidental events Hospitalized during intervention A fetus and appearance physical or psychological disorder that diagnosed by a psychiatrist based on DSM5 that causes sleep disturbance during the intervention. Pregnancy History of migraine and chronic headaches Having a night shift job indisposition to continue the intervention and non-cooperation during the study

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Sleep quality and fatigue. Timepoint: before intervention and 15 days after starting to use lavender essential oil. Method of measurement: Pittsburgh sleep quality questionnaire and Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory questionnaire MFI.	—

Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactYadollah Jannati

Sari University of Medical Sciences

jannati.yadollah@gmail.com+98 11 3310 9808

Outcome results

None listed

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