Effect of Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia L.) syrup on olfactory dysfunction in COVID-19 infection: A pilot controlled clinical trial
| Autor: | Fataneh Hashem-Dabaghian, Sadegh Ali Azimi, Mohsen Bahrami, Seied-Amirhossein Latifi, Ayesheh Enayati, Marzieh Qaraaty |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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| Zdroj: | Avicenna Journal of Phytomedicine, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2022) |
| ISSN: | 2228-7949 2228-7930 |
| Popis: | Objective: The effect of lavender syrup on COVID-19-induced olfactory dysfunction (OD) has been assessed in this study.Materials and Methods: This pilot clinical trial was conducted in Gonbad-E-Kavoos (Golestan province, Iran). Twenty-three outpatients with COVID-19 and OD in lavender group took 9 ml of lavender syrup/bid for 3 weeks along with the standard COVID-19 treatments and 20 patients in control group took only standard COVID-19 treatments. The severity of OD was assessed by the visual analogue scale (VAS). Data analysis was performed by Friedman and Mann-Whitney tests using SPSS software.Results: The mean± standard deviation of age was 36.6±9.1, and 42.6±10.4 years (p=0.05), and the duration of symptoms was 7.4±3.5, and 7.5±3.4 days (p=0.98) in the lavender and control group, respectively. The VAS score for OD decreased from 6.8±3.04 to 0.26±0.86 in the lavender group and from 5.3±3.4 to 1±2.61 in the control group. Although, VAS for OD was significantly decreased in both groups (p |
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