Hamzeh Sahar, Safari-Faramani Roya, Khatony Alireza
Student Research Committee, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.
Research Center for Environmental Determinant of Health, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.
Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2020 Mar 25;2020:7480204. doi: 10.1155/2020/7480204. eCollection 2020.
One of the problems of cancer patients is sleep disorder. Given the absence of studies on comparing the effect of inhalation aromatherapy with lavender and peppermint on the sleep quality of the cancer patients, this study was performed to compare the effect of inhalation aromatherapy with lavender and peppermint essential oils on the sleep quality of cancer patients. For this purpose, 120 patients were randomly allocated to three groups of lavender, peppermint, and control. The intervention groups received three drops of the essential oil for 7 days. In the control group, aromatic distilled water was used instead. Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Inventory (PSQI) was used. Before the intervention, no significant difference was observed between the mean PSQI scores of three groups, while the difference was statistically significant after the intervention. The mean PSQI scores were lower in lavender and peppermint groups than in the control group. Aromatherapy can improve the sleep quality of cancer patients. To confirm the findings, more studies should be done.
癌症患者面临的问题之一是睡眠障碍。鉴于缺乏关于比较薰衣草和薄荷吸入式芳香疗法对癌症患者睡眠质量影响的研究，本研究旨在比较薰衣草和薄荷精油吸入式芳香疗法对癌症患者睡眠质量的影响。为此，将120名患者随机分为薰衣草组、薄荷组和对照组。干预组连续7天使用三滴精油。对照组则使用芳香蒸馏水。采用匹兹堡睡眠质量指数（PSQI）。干预前，三组的平均PSQI得分无显著差异，而干预后差异具有统计学意义。薰衣草组和薄荷组的平均PSQI得分低于对照组。芳香疗法可改善癌症患者的睡眠质量。为证实该研究结果，应开展更多研究。
