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The Effect of Aromatherapy on Delirium in Critically Elderly Patients Undergoing Fracture Surgery

NCT06772129 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 108

Last updated 2025-01-13

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Summary

The aim of this quasi-experimental study was to examine the effect of lavender aromatherapy on delirium in patients who underwent fracture surgery, were in intensive care, and were over 60 years old.

The main question of the study was, does lavender aromatherapy affect delirium scale scores? In order to examine the effect of lavender oil on delirium, the researcher will provide routine care to one group and apply aromatherapy to the other group.

Both groups will be evaluated by the researcher at eight-hour intervals with the Nu-DESC delirium screening scale and the results will be compared.

Conditions

  • Delirium - Postoperative

Interventions

OTHER

Aromatherapy

Studies have been reviewed and no lavender aromatherapy has been found to be used for delirium.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Senay Gokdemir

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Saide Faydalı, Associate Professor · Necmettin Erbakan University, Faculty of Nursing

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-02-01
Primary Completion
2026-02-01
Completion
2026-06-01

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