Effect of inhalation aromatherapy with lavender essential oil on stress and vital signs in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery: A single-blinded randomized clinical trial

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 331-338

  Bikmoradi, Ali ^a   Seifi, Zahra ^b   Poorolajal, Jalal ^c   Araghchian, Malihe ^d   Safiaryan, Reza ^d   Oshvandi, Khodayar ^b  

^a HAMADAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b HAMADAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c HAMADAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d HAMADAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Aromatherapy; Coronary artery bypass; Lavender; Mental stress; Vital signs

Indexed keywords

DISTILLED WATER; LAVENDER OIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; ESSENTIAL OIL; VEGETABLE OIL;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL ERROR; AROMATHERAPY; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; DASS 21; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; IRAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THERAPY EFFECT; VITAL SIGN; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; THERAPY;

AGED; AROMATHERAPY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT OILS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84937636769     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: 18736963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2014.12.001     Document Type: Article

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