The study aims to assess the effect of using music and essential oil on agitation in mechanically ventilated patients. Listening to classical relaxation music, and inhalation to bergamot oil will be used in this study.
Agitation in critically ill patients is a phenomenon that can compromise patient safety and assistance during intensive care unit (ICU) hospitalizations. This trial will be conducted in five general intensive care unit. One hundred and twenty patients will be enrolled in this study divided into three equal groups (40 patients in each group). Group A is the control group. Group B is music group. Group C is essential oil group. Agitated mechanically ventilated patients will be randomly assigned to one of the three groups. Each group will be subjected to its specific intervention and they will be monitored for seven days. Agitation score and frequency outcome will be assessed at the end of the study.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
123
Classic music hearing at amplitude approximately 60-80 dB using MP3 player connected to headphone with noise canceling property
Bergamot oil inhalation through a piece of cotton gauze (2 × 2 cm square shape) with 0.5 cc of bergamot oil. It will be attached to the collar of the patient's clothes gown, approximately 15 cm below their nose.
The routine intensive care unit sedation protocol
Alexandria Main University Hospital
Alexandria, Egypt
Faculty of nursing
Alexandria, Egypt
Agitation score
Agitation score is assessed by Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale (RASS). The RASS is a 10-point scale ranging from -5 to +4. Levels from -1 to -5 denote increasing levels of sedation. Levels from +1 to +4 describe increasing levels of agitation. Zero score is the best response for the patient which is considered normal.
Time frame: 7 days
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