Effect of Aromatherapy on Preoperative Anxiety Level

cotton balls impregnated with 3 drops of lavender essential oil inhaled from a distance of 10 cm during 20 minutes and pure oxygen administered through a face mask.

These three drops were already diluted by five milliliters of distilled water and were sprayed in the area by a nebulizer throughout a face mask. A cotton ball soaked with water was put 10 cm next to the patient.

inhaled five milliliters of distilled water in the same way as the patients in the experimental group and also cotton balls with 3 drops of water are placed near the patient.