جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه « گلاب » در نشریات گروه « پزشکی »

People's psychological and social activities gradually decrease with an increase in age and the beginning of old age. In this regard, proper planning can make life enjoyable at an older age. Therefore, the current research aimed to compare the effect of music and rose water aromatherapy on the level of happiness among the elderly living in nursing homes.

This research was a three-group randomized clinical trial of pre-test and post-test type with a control group. It was conducted on 93 elderly residents in nursing homes in Kermanshah who were selected via convenience sampling and randomly assigned to three groups. Before the intervention, the demographic information questionnaire and Oxford happiness questionnaire were completed. In the music group, an instrumental relaxing local Kurdish music was used for 12 45-50-min sessions three days a week for one month. For the rose water aromatherapy group, three drops of rose were poured on a cotton ball with a dropper and held at a distance of 25 cm from the nose of the elderly. The control group continued their daily activities without receiving any intervention. The data were analyzed using paired t-test and analysis of covariance.

There was no statistically significant difference in the happiness mean score in the three groups. The effect of the pre-test scores of happiness and its different dimensions on the post-test scores was significant (P>0.001). In addition, by controlling the effect of the pre-test, a significant difference was observed among the elderly in the three groups of aromatherapy, music therapy, and the control group.

As evidenced by the results of this study, the two methods of music and rose water aromatherapy increase the happiness of the elderly. Nonetheless, music exerted a more significant effect on increasing the happiness of the elderly compared to aromatherapy. Therefore, it is suggested that music and aromatherapy be used as cost-effective non-pharmacological methods and complementary medicine in nursing homes and hospitals, along with other treatments, to promote happiness.

Cervical ripening and induction of labor is necessary before the spontaneous onset of labor. In traditional medicine, rose-water has been used as an effective factor in the onset of labor contractions. However, clinical studies on its efficacy are very rare. This study was performed with aim to determine the effect of oral rose-water on cervical ripening in primiparous women.

This randomized clinical trial study was performed in 2019 on 60 primiparous women with 40 weeks of gestation in the maternity of Tabas hospital. The subjects were assigned to two groups of intervention and control (n=30 in each group). The intervention group consumed five ml of oral rose-water daily since 40 week of gestation for one week and the control group received routine care. Bishop score was measured at days one, three, seven and entering the labor. Data collection tools were the forms of questionnaire, physical examination, observation and counting fetal movement and the checklist of rose-water consumption. Data were analyzed using T-tests, Chi-square, and analysis of variance with repeated measures. P<0.05 was considered statistically significant.

The mean age of mothers in the intervention and control groups was 26.53± 5.16 and 26.53± 5.28, respectively. The onset of labor did not show a significant difference in two groups (p=0.303). Analysis of variance with repeated measures showed that the mean of Bishop score on the third and seventh days after beginning of the intervention was not significantly different between the two groups (p =0.160). The results of this test showed that the trend of bishop score changes in both groups was incremental.

According to the results of the study, daily consumption of 5 ml rose-water (with concentration of 24% rose water essential), had no significant effect on cervical ripening in primiparous women had no side-effects. It is recommended that future research be done with higher dose of rose-water with safe dose range on cervical ripening.

The most common cause of elderly admission is cardiovascular disease and also, anxiety can cause nonspecific symptoms in over 80% of elderly people admitted to intensive care units that threaten their lives. On the other hand, using drugs to control it have physical side effects or drug dependency. Therefore, anxiety management is one of the most important nursing cares that can be managed by using non-pharmacological methods including aromatherapy.

This study was a semi experimental that was performed on 60 elderly admitted to cardiac intensive care units who had no cognitive impairment. Coin tossing was used for random allocation (selecting interventional and control group (and sampling was based on sequential and admission to the ward. Data collection tools were demographic information questionnaires, Abbreviated Mental Test and Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale which was completed before, first, second and third day of intervention for both groups with ethical considerations. The intervention in the interventional group was using of rose water for three consecutive nights. For data analysis, descriptive and inferential statistics (independent t-test and repeated measure) were used by SPSS software version 22.

Before intervention, there was a significant difference between the two groups in anxiety (p <0.0001) and the two groups were not homogeneous. At the end of the intervention, the level of anxiety decreased in both groups, statistically significant (p <0.009). There was no significant difference between the anxiety score in the control group before and after the intervention (p = 0.321). But in the interventional group, the anxiety score decreased from the time interval before the intervention to the third day of intervention, which is statistically significant between the four periods (p <0.0001). A two-way test between time intervals showed that there was a significant difference between the anxiety score of all two time intervals (p <0.005).

Considering the aged population of the country and the prevalence of heart disease among them, it is necessary to pay attention to management of anxiety in the elderly, especially when admitted to the intensive care units. In addition, it is possible to use complementary medicine, and with respect to Iranian’s culture rose water is the cheapest and most commonly used fragrance available to reduce the anxiety of elderly.

Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is one of the most widely used containers in both the packaging and food industries. Despite having convenient features, components of the PET polymer structure may migrate into food, and the accumulation of PET in the human body may cause health problems.
Material and 27 samples of rose water with 1 liter volume were collected from one of the factories of Fars Province, Iran. Levels of monomer migration were measured by gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC-MS) with three repetitions at 4, 25 and 42 °C temperatures and at 2-day, 2-week and 2-month timings using the air assisted liquid liquid micro-extraction method.
On the second day, with an increase of temperature from 4˚C to 25˚C, the migrations of dimethyl phthalate (DMP) and di-butyl phthalate (DBP) increased from 14.76 to 24.55 ppb and 131.9 to 149.6 ppb, respectively. When increasing the temperature further to 42 °C, the migration levels increased 8.9 and 29.4 ppb, respectively. Finally, at the end of the second month, migration of DMP and DBP at 4, 25 and 42 °C reached 38.6, 67.8 and 83.05 ppb & 173.7, 181.1 and 268.7 ppb, respectively.
PET containers are not suitable for storing distillates. Additionally, measuring migration in glass containers has demonstrated that the plastic reservoirs, in which distillates are stored are important factors in monomer migration. Therefore, in order to raise public health levels, it is recommended that alternative reservoirs made of glass and stainless steel be used.

Most of women experience severe and intolerable labor pain. Today, due to side effects of pharmacological analgesics on mothers and neonates, attention to non-pharmacological and complementary medicine methods such as aromatherapy has increased. This study aimed to investigate the effect of aromatherapy with rose water on labor pain in nulliparous women. This clinical trial was performed on 80 nulliparous women who referred to Ahvaz Amir-Al-Momenin Hospital, Iran, during 2014. Women were randomly assigned into intervention and control groups equally. In the intervention group, inhalation with rose water was done during active phase of labor, while in control group women just received routine cares. Pain severity in both groups was measured once before the intervention and three times after intervention in dilation of 4-6 cm, 6-8 cm and 8-10 cm by visual analogue scale. Data was analyzed by chi-square, Fisher’s exact test, and independent t-test. There was no statistically significant difference between the studied groups regarding to pain severity before the intervention (p= 0.223). After intervention, in dilation of 4-6 cm (p= 0.312) and 6-8 cm (p= 0.300), no significant difference was observed between the groups; while in dilation of 8-10 cm this difference was significant (p= 0.023). Based on the results, it seems that aromatherapy with rose water can decrease labor pain; however, other studies are recommended to confirm our results.

Labor pain is one of the most severe pains women may experience. Aromatherapy is one of the methods to reduce the pain. The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of rose water aromatherapy in reducing this pain. In this clinical trial study, after completing the consent form, 111 primiparous women were randomly divided into three groups; Aromatherapy, Placebo and Control. Intervention was done at two stages; five and eighth centimeter cervix dilatation. Pain severity was measured by visual analogue scale before and 30 minutes after each intervention. In the intervention group, rose water; and in placebo group, distilled water was poured in the subject's hands, and they were asked to sniff the scent. In control group, only routine care was conducted. Before the intervention there was no significant difference in labor pain between the three groups. However, after the first and second interventions, pain intensity was significantly lower in rose water group than the other two groups (p<0.001). In 10 centimeter cervical dilatation, the mean labor pain was 7.59±1.99 in Aromatherapy, 8.94±1.60 in Placebo, 8.89±1.47 in control groups (p<0.001). In assessing change in labor pain over time, repeated measure test showed that at each time of inhaling rose water scent, pain was reduced. But in the placebo and control groups, continuous increase in pain was reported. Regarding the results, inhaling the fragrance of rose water seems to be able to reduce the labor pain.

The use of plant compounds to treat infections is an age-old practice in a large part of the world. Members of Rosacea family have long been used for food and medicinal purposes. The aim of this study is evaluation of antimicrobial effect of five different brands of rose water, water extract of Rosa damascene in comparison with rose oil. Five different brands of rose water, water extract of rosa damascene and rose oil were tested for antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 29213, Enterococcus faecalis ATCC 29212, Esherichia coli ATCC 25922, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Candida albicans by broth micro dilution assay. Rosewater with five concentrations of 1%, 10%, 25%, 50%, 75% and 100% in the culture media and water extract of rosa damascene with six concentrations of 0.2, 2, 5, 10, 15 and 20 mg/ml and Rose oil with five concentrations of 0.1, 1, 2.5, 5 and 10 μl/ml were studied. All bacterial turbidities were examined visually. Each test was repeated three times. In this study, the use of any concentration of rose water failed to inhibit the growth of microorganisms, completely. However, we found that there is a significant difference between rising of rose water concentration and decreasing the microorganism growth. The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) values of water extract of Rosa damascene were 8 mg/ml in Staphylococcus aureus, 6 mg/ml in Enterococcus faecalis and Esherichia coli, 4 mg/ml in Candida albicans. The MIC values of rose oil were 10 µg/ml in Staphylococcus aureus and Esherichia coli, 5 µg/ml in Enterococcus faecalis, 1 µg/ml in Candida albicans. We also found no inhibitory effect of Rose extract and Rose oil on Pseudomonas aeruginosa. This study showed rose water, water extract of rosa damascene and rose oil have anti-microbial effects. However, clinical use of this material requires more and larger studies.

Kashan's rose-water has a high celebrity in Iran and around the world. Rose-water has used in Iranian traditional medicine for treatment of cardiac and rheumatic pain and in food indust r ies such as production of ice cream and cookies. This research is conducted for determination of essence value of produced Rose-water in Kashan, Spring of 2005. This study was a descriptive study. Rose-water samples were collected from workshops, factories and supplying centers in Kashan in 2005 (398 samples) and transferred to lab. In the laboratory, chemical tests for determination of the essence value were carried out according to the Pantan method. Minimum acceptable of Rose-water essence is 12mg/100cc, thus, any Rose-water is classified to three type light (0.1- 11.9), middle (12-35) and high (> 35). Findings were analysed by the use of t test. Essence quality of produced Rose-water in Rose-water workshops and supplying shops showed that essence values were 76.7% of the workshops and 27.5% of supplying shops higher than 12mg/100 (p<. 0001). Thus, essence value of factories were higher than 12mg/100 (58.3%). Essence value of Rose-waters were acceptable in most factories but essence value samples in most supplying shops were low. Thus, Kashan health politician’s and administrators should arrange appropriate strategies for standardization and increasing of rose-water quality.