Efficacy of Lavender Aromatherapy on Anxiety and Pain Reduction During Awake Otolaryngologic Procedures
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Lavender Aromatherapy, Placebo Aromatherapy.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Inferior Turbinate Hypertrophy, Chronic Rhinosinusitis (CRS), Rhinitis, Vasomotor, Thyroid Nodules. Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- United States
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Efficacy Of Lavender Aromatherapy on Anxiety and Pain Reduction During Awake Otolaryngologic Procedures
Overview
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of lavender aromatherapy in adult patients undergoing awake otolaryngologic procedures in the outpatient clinic setting. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Does lavender aromatherapy help reduce anxiety and/or pain, and improve patient comfort during awake otolaryngologic procedures in the clinic? * Do patients subjectively find aromatherapy relaxing and/or beneficial during the procedure? Researchers will compare lavender aromatherapy to placebo (an odorless liquid) to see if lavender aromatherapy helps improve patient comfort during their awake procedure Participants will: * Have their scheduled procedure performed with lavender aromatherapy or placebo during the duration of the procedure * Take a short, less than 1 minute questionnaire both before and after the procedure, describing their levels of anxiety, pain and subjective impressions of the aromatherapy
Interventions
- Other Lavender Aromatherapy
Lavender essential oil on cotton ball, and in aromatherapy diffuser - Other Placebo Aromatherapy
Saline on cotton ball and in aromatherapy diffuser
Primary outcome measures
- Change in visual analog scale anxiety, measured on a 10 cm scale [Time frame: Baseline, Periprocedural and Immediately after the procedure]
- Likert scale of pain, measured on a scale of 0-10 [Time frame: Immediately after the procedure]
- Likert scale subjective improvement with pain, measured on scale of 1-5 [Time frame: Immediately after the procedure]
Secondary outcome measures (1)
- Subjective Impressions of Lavender Aromatherapy, measured on Likert scale and in Yes/No format in post-procedural questionnaire [Time frame: Immediately after the procedure]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Adults ≥18 years old undergoing awake otolaryngologic procedures in the outpatient clinic
- Able to provide informed consent
Exclusion criteria
- Hypersensitivity to fragrances
- Taking systemic NSAIDs or other systemic pain-relieving medications within 48 hours
- Taking anxiolytics, hypnotics, sedating antihistamines, antidepressants on regular basis within 4 weeks
- Pregnant or breastfeeding
- Participation in another clinical research study within the prior 30 days
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Double blind
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
United States · 1 center
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Otolaryngology Clinics — Los Angeles
Publications
- Braden R, Reichow S, Halm MA. The use of the essential oil lavandin to reduce preoperative anxiety in surgical patients. J Perianesth Nurs. 2009 Dec;24(6):348-55. doi: 10.1016/j.jopan.2009.10.002. PMID 19962101
- Kothari DS, Nieri CA, Tanenbaum ZG, Linker LA, Rangarajan SV. Mind-Body Therapies in the Management of Otolaryngologic Disease: A State-of-the-Art Review of Randomized Controlled Trials. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2024 Jan;170(1):45-60. doi: 10.1002/ohn.523. Epub 2023 Sep 15. PMID 37712305
- Grunebaum LD, Murdock J, Castanedo-Tardan MP, Baumann LS. Effects of lavender olfactory input on cosmetic procedures. J Cosmet Dermatol. 2011 Jun;10(2):89-93. doi: 10.1111/j.1473-2165.2011.00554.x. PMID 21649812
- Wotman M, Levinger J, Leung L, Kallush A, Mauer E, Kacker A. The Efficacy of Lavender Aromatherapy in Reducing Preoperative Anxiety in Ambulatory Surgery Patients Undergoing Procedures in General Otolaryngology. Laryngoscope Investig Otolaryngol. 2017 Nov 8;2(6):437-441. doi: 10.1002/lio2.121. eCollection 2017 Dec. PMID 29299520
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07299474 · STUDY00004415