Effects of Eucalyptus Essential Oil in Post-COVID Syndrome: A Pilot Study

Year 2022, Volume: 7 Issue: 4, 82 - 87, 30.12.2022

Gülşah Yaşa Öztürk , Sinem Berik Safçi

https://doi.org/10.58854/jicm.1223171

Cited By: 1

Abstract

Objective: Post-COVID syndrome is the persistence of signs and symptoms that develop during or after COVID-19 infection for longer than 12 weeks, which cannot be explained by an alternative diagnosis. This study aimed to examine the effects of eucalyptus (Eucalyptus globulus) aromatherapy oil on dyspnea, back pain, and anxiety in patients with post-COVID syndrome.

Methods: The study included patients diagnosed with post-COVID syndrome at the chest diseases outpatient clinic of Adana City Training and Research Hospital. Before and after eucalyptus oil application, as components of post-COVID syndrome, dyspnea was evaluated using the modified Medical Research Council (mMRC) scale, back pain using the Visual Analog Scale (VAS), and anxiety using the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI).

Results: A total of 15 individuals, of whom 11 were female (73.3%) and 4 were male (26.7%), were included in the study. The mean age of the patients was 45.7±10.7 years, and the mean body mass index was 24.7±3.4. The mean post-treatment values of mMRC, VAS, and BAI statistically significantly decreased compared to the pre-treatment evaluation.

Conclusion: Eucalyptus aromatherapy oil inhalation was found to be effective in recovery from post-COVID syndrome symptoms, such as dyspnea, back pain, and anxiety, which affect many people across the world and can cause labor and financial losses. Therefore, we recommend considering the use of this aromatherapy oil in the complementary treatment and follow-up of these patients.

Keywords

Post-COVID Syndrome, Eucalyptus Aromatherapy Oil, Dyspnea, Pain, Anxiety

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Post-COVID Sendromunda Okaliptüs Uçucu Yağının Etkileri: Pilot Çalışma

Abstract

Amaç: Post covid sendromu Covid-19 enfeksiyonu sırasında veya sonrasında gelişen 12 haftadan uzun süren ve alternatif bir tanı ile açıklanamayan belirti ve semptomlardır. Çalışmamızın amacı post covid sendromunda nefes darlığı, sırt ağrısı, anksiyete üzerine okaliptus (Eucalyptus globulus ) aromaterapik yağının etkilerini incelemektir.

Yöntem: Adana Şehir Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi Göğüs Hastalıkları polikliniğinde post covid sendrom tanısı alan hastalara uygulama öncesi ve 4 hafta sonrasında post covid sendrom bileşenlerinden olan nefes darlığı semptomunun takibi amacı ile mMRC (Modifiye Medical Research Council) skalası, sırt ağrısının takibi için VAS ağrı skalası, anksiyete şiddeti takibi için Beck Anksiyete Ölçeği uygulandı. Veriler uygun veri tabanında analiz edildi.

Bulgular: Çalışmamıza 11’i kadın( %73.3) , 4’ü erkek (%26.7) olmak üzere toplam 15 kişi dahil edildi. Hastaların ortalama yaşı 45.7 ( +- 10.7), VKİ 37 ( +-4,4) idi. Tedavi öncesi ve sonrası mMRC, VAS, Beck anksiyete ölçeği değerlerinin ortalamaları karşılaştırıldığında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı düzeyde azalma saptandı.

Sonuç: Dünya üzerindeki birçok kişiyi etkileyen, işgücü ve mali kayıplara da neden olabilen post covid sendromu semptomlarından nefes darlığı, sırt ağrısı, anksiyete üzerine inhale okaliptus aromaterapik yağı iyileşmede etkili bulunmuş olup, bu hastaların tedavi ve takibinde göz önünde bulundurulması önerilir.

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Post-COVID Sendromu, Okaliptus Aromaterapik Yağı, Dispne, Ağrı, Anksiyete

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