Abstract:

Quasi experimental research was conducted among 60 pre – eclampsia mothers and were assigned equally in both interventional and placebo group. Self-structured questionnaire was used to collect the demographic and clinical data. The pre test level of blood pressure and the proteinuria level was assessed followed by that, the study participants were administered with Lavender aroma therapy in the interventional group and a routine hospital care was initiated in the placebo group for 3 days. Blood pressure level was monitored in three sessions per day for 3 days before and after the intervention in both interventional and placebo groups. Followed by that the proteinuria level was reassessed only on Day -3 sin both groups. The results revealed that the pretest and post test mean score of systolic BP in the interventional group was 146.73±1.40 and 135.83±3.01. The mean difference score was 10.89 with ‘t’ test value of t = 20.091 was statistically significant at p<0.001 level. The pretest and post-test mean score of diastolic BP in the interventional group was 76.81±3.09 and 73.16±2.82. The mean difference score was 3.65 with ‘t’ test value of t = 4.625 was statistically significant at p<0.001 level. The pretest and post-test mean score of proteinuria in the interventional group was 2.90±0.66 and 2.33±0.84. The mean difference score was 0.57 with ‘t’ test value of t = 2.664 was statistically significant at p<0.05 level. This clearly infers that administering aromatherapy was found to be effective in lowering blood pressure among mothers with pre- eclampsia.

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