Eligibility criteria for participants
compartment syndrome, major depression, anxiety, psychosis, fractures, asthma, nasal injuries, respiratory allergies, lower extremity fracture, lower limb fracture
COMPARTMENT SYNDROME, ASTHMA, DISORDERS
The participants of this study were the patients admitted to the hospital for lower extremity fracture surgery. These fractures consisted of the hip, femur, tibia, fibula, ankle, and heel. The inclusion criteria were being 18 years old or older, having lower limb fracture surgery, being admitted to the hospital before the orthopedic surgery, and being oriented to time, person, and place. The patients who had asthma and respiratory allergies or were sensitive to extracts of the plant, had olfactory problems and nasal injuries, were known cases of psychological disorders (major depression, anxiety, psychosis, etc.), participated in previous studies, received complementary and alternative interventions such as aromatherapy, meditation, relaxation, massage, acupuncture, etc. a week before the intervention, and had COVID-19 were excluded. Moreover, the patients who had compartment syndrome before the intervention were excluded.At first, one hundred patients participated in this study. Nine patients did not meet the inclusion criteria, and one of them was unwilling to participate, so 90 patients participated and were randomly assigned to the intervention and control groups. All of them continued the study and finished it (Fig. Flow Diagram of participants in this study