Lavandula angustifolia Mill. Oil and Its Active Constituent Linalyl Acetate Alleviate Pain and Urinary Residual Sense after Colorectal Cancer Surgery: A Randomised Controlled Trial

Table 2

Measured variables prior to essential oil inhalation in the three groups.

Variables	Group ()	Mean (SD)	value
VAS Pain	Control (22)	4.48 (1.42)	0.413
	Lavender (22)	3.92 (1.51)
	Linalyl acetate (22)	4.37 (1.53)
sBP (mmHg)	Control (22)	125.05 (18.40)	0.798^†
	Lavender (22)	128.18 (10.48)
	Linalyl acetate (22)	126.86 (16.52)
dBP (mmHg)	Control (22)	74.50 (11.45)	0.453^†
	Lavender (22)	75.27 (6.76)
	Linalyl acetate (22)	71.86 (9.26)
HR (beats/min)	Control (22)	77.73 (18.40)	0.524
	Lavender (22)	73.14 (11.67)
	Linalyl acetate (22)	72.77 (15.88)
Urinary residual sense score	Control (19)	0.79 (1.55)	0.907
	Lavender (18)	1.28 (2.08)
	Linalyl acetate (21)	1.19 (1.89)
Total LUTS score	Control (19)	3.74 (4.49)	0.148
	Lavender (18)	6.78 (5.84)
	Linalyl acetate (21)	5.81 (5.44)
Quality of life score	Control (19)	2.32 (0.67)	0.075
	Lavender (18)	2.83 (0.86)
	Linalyl acetate (21)	2.81 (0.87)

Data reported as mean (standard deviation)
VAS, visual analog scale; sBP, systolic blood pressure; dBP, diastolic blood pressure; HR, heart rate; LUTS, lower urinary tract symptoms.
Kruskal-Wallis test.
ANOVA.