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. 2023 Mar 26;23:175. doi: 10.1186/s12903-023-02864-9

Table 3.

Comparison of the study’ variables at the baseline (phase I) and the end of the second phase in the lavender and control groups

Parameters Lavender Group (Mean ± SD) Control Group (Mean ± SD)
Phase I Phase II Change P- value Baseline Phase 2 Change P-value
SBP

140.56

 ± 16.53

133.16 ± 12.20 - 7.4 ± 12.34 0.021 142.32 ± 12.36

137.09

 ± 10.04

- 5.23 ± 11.24 0.143
DBP

81.63

 ± 11.24

80.43 ± 6.87

- 1.2

 ± 10.25

0.062* 80.45 ± 10.23

79.69

 ± 9.98

- 0.76

 ± 10.54

0.239
HR

76.61

 ± 10.21

69.26 ± 7.76

- 7.35

 ± 9.21

0.041 76.81 ± 11.23

71.68

 ± 5.67

- 5.13 ± 2.98 0.042$
RR 17.82 ± 1.30 16.48 ± 0.78

- 1.34

 ± 0.12

0.041

17.80

 ± 1.34

16.82

 ± 6.98

- 0.98

 ± 2.14

0.214
Spo2

96.65%

 ± 1.78

97.98%

 ± 1.96

 + 1.33% ± 0.25 0.032 96.22% ± 2.89 96.78% ± 0.87  + 0.56% ± 0.29 0.367
MDAS

7.43

 ± 0.121

5.22 ± 0.54 - 2.21 ± 0.13 0.012

7.73

 ± 0.15

7.30

 ± 0.98

- 0.43

 ± 0.21

0.340
STAI

75.54

 ± 10.65

70.84

 ± 9.91

- 4.7 ± 8.60 0.011 76.58 ± 11.12

76.02

 ± 0.87

- 0. 56

 ± 0.43

0.653
Pain score 89.78 ± 1.23

80.96

 ± 0.87

- 8.82 ± 3.34 0.023 93.21 ± 2.23

90.84

 ± 4.76

- 2.37

 ± 0.67

0.087

SD Standard Deviation, SBP Systolic Blood Pressure, DBP Diastolic Blood Pressure, HR Heart Rate, RR Respiratory Rate, Spo2 Oxygen saturation, MDAS Modified Dental Anxiety Scale, STAI Speilberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, VAS Visual Analog Scale

*Not Significant

$Significant