The Effectiveness of Lavender Aroma Therapy for Better Quality of Sleep in Pregnant Women: Meta-Analysis

Abstract

Background: Sleep is a state of natural rest for the body that must be fulfilled every day. Sleep patterns of each individual are always different depending on age, lifestyle, environment, activities and health conditions. This study aims to analyze the primary study of the effectiveness of lavender aromatherapy to improve sleep quality in pregnant women with a meta-analysis. Subjects and Method: This study is a systematic review and meta-analysis with PICO as follows Population: pregnant women, Intervention: Giving lavender aromatherapy, Comparison: No aromatherapy given Outcome: Sleep quality. The articles used in this study were obtained from three databases, namely: Google Scholar, Pubmed, Science Direct with a time span between 2015-2022. The keywords used are "Lavender aromatherapy effect OR improving the quality of sleep AND pregnant AND Randomized Controlled Trials". The articles were provided in full text in English and Indonesian, with a Randomized Controlled Trial study design and reporting on the Mean and SD in a multivariate analysis. The selection of articles was done by using a prism flow diagram. Articles were analyzed using the Review Manager 5.3 aplikasi application. Results: A total of 9 randomized controlled trials originating from Iran and Indonesia were selected for a systematic review and meta-analysis. The data collected showed the effectiveness of aromatherapy on improving sleep quality in pregnant women was 0.38 times that of pregnant women who were not given aromatherapy (SMD= 0.38; 95% CI= 0.38 to 0.55) and statistically significant p=0.004. Conclusion: Giving lavender aromatherapy can improve sleep quality in pregnant women.

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“…National Sleep Foundation reported 60% og pregnant women complained tiredness and more than 75% of them experienced sleep disturbance (Aswitami et al, 2021). Teha et al showed correlation between decreasing sleep quality and pregnancy in later trimester (Teha et al, 2022).…”

“…This could lead to tiredness, mental issue such as cognitive disorder, hallucination, illusion, and unstable mood and et cetera (Subandi, 2018dalam (Mu'alimah et al, 2022. Lack of sleep quantity and quality might increase the risk to deliver by cesarean section by 4,5 times and low birth weight baby (Teha et al, 2022). It also leads to hypertension, preeclampsia, and fetal growth delay (Hassan Zaky, 2015).…”

“…Some aromatherapies which improve sleep quality includes eucalyptus, geranium, and lavender. They contain atsiri oil as its relaxing effect so that reduce anxiety and pain (Teha et al, 2022). Linool in lavender have sedative effect (Romadhona & Primihastuti, 2020), calming effect and relaxing (Mahnaz Keshavarz et al, 2015) (Teha et al, 2022).…”

“…They contain atsiri oil as its relaxing effect so that reduce anxiety and pain (Teha et al, 2022). Linool in lavender have sedative effect (Romadhona & Primihastuti, 2020), calming effect and relaxing (Mahnaz Keshavarz et al, 2015) (Teha et al, 2022). Carminative effect contained in its essential oil split into smaller particles.…”

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“…The quality and quantity of sleep are interrelated and greatly affect the need for sleep. If the quantity of individual sleep is less than it should be, the quality of sleep will also have an effect, and vice versa (Teha et al, 2022).…”