Akbari Fatemeh, Rezaei Mansour, Khatony Alireza
Students Research Committee, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.
Social Development and Health Promotion Research Center, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.
J Pain Res. 2019 Oct 21;12:2933-2939. doi: 10.2147/JPR.S226312. eCollection 2019.
The effects of the peppermint essence on the pain and anxiety caused by intravenous catheterization have not been studied yet. The aim of this study was to determine effect of inhaling peppermint essence on the pain and anxiety.
In this study, 80 cardiac patients were selected through convenient sampling and randomly allocated to aromatherapy and control groups. Data gathering tools were numeric pain rating scale and visual analogue scale for anxiety. The aromatherapy and control groups received inhaled aromatherapy with peppermint essence and distilled water, respectively.
Mean severity of the pain in the aromatherapy and control groups was 2.95±0.98 and 3.42±1.33, respectively. The difference was statistically significant (=0.048). The mean score of anxiety before the intervention in the aromatherapy and control groups was 3.75±1.08 and 4.70±1.43, respectively; these figures after the intervention were 2.32±0.97 and 2.10±1.42, respectively. The two groups were not significantly different before and after the intervention in terms of the level of anxiety. However, the level of anxiety before and after the intervention was significantly different in each group (<0.001).
Aromatherapy attenuated the pain and anxiety caused by intravenous catheterization. Before catheterization, peppermint essence aromatherapy is recommended.
薄荷精油对静脉置管所致疼痛和焦虑的影响尚未得到研究。本研究旨在确定吸入薄荷精油对疼痛和焦虑的影响。
本研究通过便利抽样选取80例心脏病患者，并将其随机分为芳香疗法组和对照组。数据收集工具为数字疼痛评分量表和焦虑视觉模拟量表。芳香疗法组和对照组分别接受薄荷精油和蒸馏水的吸入芳香疗法。
芳香疗法组和对照组的平均疼痛严重程度分别为2.95±0.98和3.42±1.33。差异具有统计学意义（=0.048）。芳香疗法组和对照组干预前的焦虑平均得分分别为3.75±1.08和4.70±1.43；干预后的得分分别为2.32±0.97和2.10±1.42。两组在干预前后的焦虑水平无显著差异。然而，每组干预前后的焦虑水平有显著差异（<0.001）。
芳香疗法可减轻静脉置管所致的疼痛和焦虑。建议在置管前进行薄荷精油芳香疗法。
