Department of Nursing, University Faculty of Health Sciences, İstanbul Sabahattin Zaim University, Istanbul, Turkey,
Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Acıbadem Mehmet Ali Aydınlar University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Complement Med Res. 2020;27(5):328-335. doi: 10.1159/000507319. Epub 2020 May 12.
This study was conducted to determine the effect of lavender oil on sleep quality and vital signs in palliative care patients.
We examined 68 patients in a palliative care unit. Vital signs of all the patients were assessed, and also their sleep quality was evaluated using the Richards-Campbell Sleep Questionnaire. Lavender was applied to patients in the experimental group. During the intervention, vital signs of the patients were monitored at 4-h intervals throughout the night, and sleep quality was evaluated during the morning. The same evaluation processes were performed for the control group.
It was observed in the evaluation that lavender application did not affect the vital signs of the patients but it ensured a deeper sleep on the 2nd day after the intervention, facilitated their falling asleep and sleeping again when they were awakened and enhanced sleep quality (p < 0.05). Also, this application decreased the awakening frequency on the 1st and 2nd days and enhanced overall sleep quality (p < 0.05) after the intervention.
Lavender has no effect on the vital signs of palliative care patients but is an effective and reliable approach to enhance their sleep quality.
本研究旨在探讨薰衣草油对姑息治疗患者睡眠质量和生命体征的影响。
我们检查了姑息治疗病房的 68 名患者。评估了所有患者的生命体征，并使用理查兹-坎贝尔睡眠问卷评估了他们的睡眠质量。实验组患者使用薰衣草。在干预期间，整夜每 4 小时监测患者的生命体征，并在早上评估睡眠质量。对照组进行了相同的评估过程。
评估发现，薰衣草的应用并未影响患者的生命体征，但它确保了干预后第二天的睡眠更深，当患者被唤醒时，它促进了他们入睡和再次入睡，并提高了睡眠质量（p<0.05）。此外，这种应用在干预后第 1 天和第 2 天降低了觉醒频率，并提高了整体睡眠质量（p<0.05）。
薰衣草对姑息治疗患者的生命体征没有影响，但它是一种有效且可靠的方法，可以提高他们的睡眠质量。
