Effects of Aromatherapy on Sleep Quality in Hospitalized Elderly Female Patients With Insomnia
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Aromatherapy, Placebo.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Insomnia. Basic parameters: 60 years — 100 years · Female.
- 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
- Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.
- 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
Effects of Aromatherapy on Sleep Quality in Hospitalized Elderly Female Patients With Insomnia: Protocol for A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Parallel Trial
Overview
To evaluate the efficacy and safety of standardized aromatherapy compared with placebo in improving sleep quality among hospitalized elderly female patients with insomnia.
Interventions
- Other Aromatherapy
Verify patient identity and explain the intervention. Ensure comfortable supine or semi-recumbent position. Drop 2 drops of lavender essential oil onto a sterile cotton ball; place inside disposable urine cup. Position cup 20 cm from patient's nostrils; instruct patient to perform 10 deep breaths. Place cup at bedside until morning. Lay treatment cloth under patient's wrists. Apply 1 drop of lavender oil to both thumbs, perform bilateral Shenmen (HT7) acupoint pressure on the wrist Shenmen acu - Other Placebo
Identical procedure using odorless fractionated coconut oil. Sham acupoint pressure on a non-acupoint location near the wrist performed identically to maintain blinding.
Primary outcome measures
- Athens Insomnia Scale [Time frame: Evaluated at baseline, day 6 and 2-week follow-up.]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Female, aged ≥60 years.
- Hospitalized in the Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University.
- Athens Insomnia Scale (AIS) >6.
- Ability to communicate and understand instructions.
- Non-allergic to essential oils.
- Fully informed and voluntarily consent to participate.
Exclusion criteria
- Cognitive impairment-.
- History of hypersensitivity to aromatherapy oils.
- Use of sedative-hypnotic medications within past 2 weeks.
- Sleep disorders secondary to organic or psychiatric diseases.
- Unable to comply with study procedures.
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
- Quadruple blind
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07373132 · ZWei