• Razieh Mokhtari, AjorpazNeda MirbagherNMDepartment of Nursing and Midwifery, Autoimmune Diseases Research Center, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran. Electronic address: mirbagher_n@kaums.ac.ir., Kamel Abdi, and Mohamad Golitaleb.
• Department of Nursing, School of Nursing, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran. Electronic address: razieh.mokhtari91@gmail.com.
• Burns. 2023 Jun 1; 49 (4): 973979973-979.

Introduction And ObjectiveSleep disorders and anxiety are common problems in burn patients, and aromatherapy is a common complementary treatment in medicine. The aim of this study was to determine the effects of aromatherapy with the inhalation of rose essential oil on anxiety and sleep quality in burn patients.Materials And MethodsThis randomized controlled clinical trial was performed on 60 patients admitted to the Valiasr Hospital B in Arak from March 2021 to the end of July 2021. The patients were chosen by the convenience sampling method and then randomly divided into the intervention and control groups based on the block randomization method (six blocks). Aromatherapy along with the routine care was provided to the participants of the intervention group for three consecutive nights. These participants inhaled five drops of 40 % rose essential oil. The members of the control group also inhaled five drops of distilled water as a placebo. In both groups, anxiety and sleep quality were assessed using the St. Mary's Hospital Sleep Quality Questionnaire (SMHSQ) and the Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), respectively, before and after the intervention.ResultsThe sleep quality scores of the intervention and control groups after the intervention were 17.88 ± 2.04 and 26.11. 3.31, respectively, showing a statistically significant difference (P < 0.05). Our results also showed a statistically significant difference in the anxiety score between the intervention and control groups after aromatherapy (P < 0.05).ResultsRose essential oil aromatherapy reduced anxiety and improved sleep quality in burn patients, suggesting this approach as a useful complementary method along with other therapeutic measures in these patients.Copyright © 2022 Elsevier Ltd and International Society of Burns Injuries. All rights reserved.

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