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Study aim
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The effect of massage and aromatherapy with passionate flower scent on pain intensity and sleep quality of patients following coronary artery cardiac surgery in the ICU.
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Design
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The study is design as a randomised, controlled, parallel group trial with single blinded outcome assessment. Randomisation will centralised based on simple randomization method using random digits table.
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Settings and conduct
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Sixty patients undergoing coronary artery cardiac surgery are randomly divided and evaluated into three intervention and control groups (n=30) in Isafahan Shahid Chamran hospital. Intervention during 4 sessions in the second and third days following surgery in the ICU and then 2 days after transferring the patients to the ward in the final hours of day, at least 4 hours after prescribed opioid analgesic, will be performed.
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Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
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Inclusion criteria are patients in age group 18 to 45 years, the patients who are able to speak and self-report, awareness of time and place, systolic blood pressure between 90 to 160 mmHg, mean arterial pressure above 60 mmHg, heart rate between 60 to 100 beats per minute and pain score above 3 according to VAS; The exclusion criteria are patients with olfactory disorder, skin allergy to Passionate Flower extract, chronic musculoskeletal pain, sensory and motor problems and history of mental disorders
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Intervention groups
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In intervention group, four sessions of Swedish Massage Surface Stroke Technique along with 2 ml of Passionate Flower extract will be performed for 20 minutes on feet, hands, shoulders and lumbar region.
In control group, massage without Passionate Flower extract will be performed.
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Main outcome variables
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The pain intensity before and 30 minutes after massage, sleep quality score in the morning after intervention and the amount of prescribed opioid analgesic during intervention are measured.