Orthopedic before Anxiety on Diazepam with Cardamomum Elettaria of Compare Surgery

The benefits of reducing anxiety before the operation and effect of this reduction in recovery better, faster recovery, reduced consumption of drugs during anesthesia, better pain tolerance issue has been fixed. Lavender is a medicinal plant, that mentioned a herbal anti-anxiety effect in a number of reference books. The aim of this study was to examine the anxiolytic effect of Elettaria Cardamomum is compared with diazepam.

This randomized clinical trial, was performed patients 15-60 years undergoing orthopedic surgery at Imam Ali Hospital. Patients were randomly divided into two groups, Group A: 10 got of Elettaria Cardamomum, the second group received 5 mg diazepam. All patients received lavender, diazepam on the night before surgery. Patients anxiety were examined with tools Spielberger the night before surgery and one hour before surgery.

Based on the results of variance analysis with repeated measures, there is no significant difference between the two groups in terms of total anxiety score in the post-intervention phase.

Elettaria Cardamomum as a prodrug for the treatment of anxiety before surgery is effective as diazepam. However, due to less adverse effects and benefits of lavender extract from the plant to the medication diazepam can be used as a way to reduce anxiety before surgery did better.