Effects of aromatherapy combined with mindfulness meditation on sleep disorders in patients with oral cancer: a randomized controlled study

Authors
Category Primary study
Registry of TrialsInternational Traditional Medicine Clinical Trial Registry
Year 2025
INTERVENTION: control group:Routine care is given, and the nursing staff can carry out psychological counseling and health education according to the patients own sleep problems (after discharge, the patient will be followed up by phone once a week and answer questions.;:Experimental group 1 used aromatists with good blending of soothing breathing essential oils. Before the start of the intervention, the compound essential oil was selected according to the patients personal preference, and the intervention was started 1 day before the patients surgery and ended on the 5th postoperative day. 1 time/d, from 21:00 to 07:00 the next day.;:Patients were intervened for 5 days with aromatic essential oils combined with mindfulness meditation. The aromatherapy intervention was the same as that of experimental group 1, with a 5‐day meditation course content and a meditation teacher conducting face‐to‐face guidance intervention.; CONDITION: oral cancer PRIMARY OUTCOME: Actual sleep time;Pittsburgh Sleep Index Scale Scores; SECONDARY OUTCOME: REM sleep time;Sleep score;Deep sleep time;Number of awake hours;Light sleep time; INCLUSION CRITERIA: 1) Age = 18 years old; 2) Pathological diagnosis of oral cancer malignancy; 3) Compliance with the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Inde X(PSQI) score > 7; 4) Expected survival assessment of more than 90d; 5) Clear mental state normal hearing able to communicate with medical staff; 6) Expected to undergo surgical treatment; 7) Lavender (vii) not allergic to lavender bergamot sweet marjoram oil etc.; (viii) proficient in the use of smart phones and WeChat software; (ix) patients and their families voluntarily participated and signed the informed consent form.
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First added on: May 10, 2025