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Assessment of the Aromatherapy to Alleviate Peri Operative Anxiety in Ambulatory Elective Upper Limb Surgery Under Loco-regional Anesthesia

NCT03583801 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 289

Last updated 2026-05-22

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Summary

AROMA study is a randomised controlled parallel-group single-site study. Patients randomized in the experimental group benefit from the aromatherapy at their arrival in the operating theatre in the recovery room. 2 drops of essential oils are applied on a compress placed next to the head of the patient. This compress is kept until the patient is leaving the operating theatre. Patients randomized in the control group don't benefit from the aromatherapy. The anxiety evolution is measured in both groups with the Amsterdam Preoperative Anxiety and Information Scale (APAIS). The hypothesis is that aromatherapy alleviate peri operative anxiety during an ambulatory elective upper limb surgery under loco-regional anesthesia.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Olfactory aromatherapy

2 drops of the essential oil choosed by the patient are applied on a compress placed next to his head from his arrival in the recovery room to his leaving from the operating theatre. The method of administration is the respiratory tract..

OTHER

without aromatherapy

no intervention

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Hospital, Lille

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Cécile RIVOAL · University Hospital, Lille

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
90 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-09-14
Primary Completion
2024-09-14
Completion
2024-09-14

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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Diseases

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