A bstract Background Sleep disorders occur in the first days after heart surgery. One of the major causes of sleep disorders after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) is subsequent changes in physiological indicators, such as systolic blood pressure (BP), respiratory rate (RR), saturation of oxygen (O 2 ), and heart rate (RR). This study is aimed to determine the effect of lavender aromatherapy on patients’ sleep quality and physiological indicators after CABG. Materials and methods This study was a randomized clinical trial. Patients after CABG surgery were randomly allocated into the lavender and distilled water groups. Patients in the intervention group inhaled lavender while those in the control group inhaled distilled water for 10 hours. Sleep quality and physiological postoperative data were collected for 3 days. Data were analyzed using repeated measurement test, sample t -test, and Chi-square test. Results Repeated measurement test showed no significant difference between the lavender and distilled water groups in terms of systolic BP, RR, O 2 saturation, HR, and body temperature after matching the effect of time and its interactive effect with the intervention ( p > 0.05). This test revealed a significant difference between the lavender and distilled water groups in terms of sleep quality ( p < 0.001), such that the sleep quality was higher in the lavender group. Conclusion Lavender aromatherapy can increase patients’ sleep quality after CABG surgery. However, it cannot completely treat sleep disorders in such patients. Furthermore, aromatherapy with lavender does not affect the physiological parameters, such as HR, BP, RR, and O 2 saturation. How to cite this article Davari H, Ebrahimian A, Rezayei S, Tourdeh M. Effect of Lavender Aromatherapy on Sleep Quality and Physiological Indicators in Patients after CABG Surgery: A Clinical Trial Study. Indian J Crit Care Med 2021;25(4):429–434.

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Background and Aims: Resilience is a process that enables people to control the stressors of their lives. During the COVID-19 crisis, work stress increased among prehospital emergency technicians. So, it was possible to reduce their resilience. This study aimed to investigate the changes in the prehospital emergency technicians' resilience during the pandemic of COVID-19. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted at the prehospital emergency department in Qazvin province. For 6 months, 234 emergency technicians participated in this study. Data collection tools included a demographic questionnaire and the emergency medical services resilience scale (EMSRS).Results: The Friedman test indicated no significant difference between the mean scores of EMS employees' resilience during 6 months (p > 0.05). However, the correlation matrix between the scores of EMSRS during 6 months indicated that the resilience scores of EMS employees were positively correlated during the study (p < 0.01). Conclusions:The EMS technicians' resilience was almost constant and moderate during the 6 months of care for patients with COVID-19 and their transfer to the hospital, indicating that the COVID-19 crisis could suppress the emergency medical technicians ability to increase resilience.

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