Comparison of the effect of aromatherapy and acupressure on depression and quality of life in women with breast cancer

Comparison of effect of interventions on the side effects of chemotherapy in women with breast cancer will be studied.

a clinical trial with a control group; with factorial group, randomized on 96 women with breast cancer

The field of breast cancer study will be conducted in Baqiyatullah and Shahid Chamran Hospitals. Participants will be divided into two groups: test and control Two groups of the test group, one group will be subjected to lavender aroma therapy and the other group will be subjected to acupressure at point p6. The quality of life and depression questionnaire will be filled by the three groups before and four weeks after the intervention.

Entry study: suffering from breast cancer for 1-3 years; having mild and moderate depression based on the Beck depression questionnaire, not taking antidepressants, anti-anxiety drugs, psychoactive substances, alcohol, tobacco;Reading and writing literacy; Marriage, lack of mental problems according to the statement of the person or family member; lack of olfactory disorders, eczema and hives or allergies to flowers, plants and respiratory problems; 60-18 years Exit criteria: Avoiding further participation in the study at any stage; reaction to aromatherapy or acupressure; Aggravation of the disease during the study.

Dividing people by random allocation into three groups: aromatherapy, acupressure and control group In aroma therapy group, lavender scent will be used by inhalation for 3 days a week for four weeks. In acupressure group, pressure in the P6 area will be done with both hands three days a week for 4 weeks. For patients in the control group, no intervention is performed

Quality of life, depression

Dividing people by random allocation method into three aromatherapy groups, acupressure and control group In order to random allocation, block random allocation method with six blocks was used. In this way, the aromatherapy test group was assigned the letter A and acupressure the letter B, and the control group was assigned the letter C, and it was written in blocks of six with the letters A, B, and C, on separate sheets, and inside A container was thrown and randomly one of these sheets was taken out of the container and the composition written on it was noted and that sheet was again thrown into the container. Because the sample size in this study was 96 patients, this procedure was repeated 16 times and each time the composition written on each sheet was noted in the sequence of the composition written on the previous sheet. Then, each letter was assigned a number from one to eighty in the order of the letters memorized one after the other, and each letter was placed in an envelope and the number of that letter was written on the envelope. Each time a patient was selected, one of these envelopes was opened in the order of the number written on the envelope and it was determined that the patient should be placed in the test or control group.