The effect of lavender on mothers sleep quality in the postpartum period: a systematic review and meta-analysis
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Leila Seiiedi-Biarag
Abstract
Poor sleep quality in the postpartum period can have various negative effects on the health of mothers and infants such as anxiety, depression, low breastfeeding self-efficacy and disrupted child-mother attachment. Accordingly, intervention seems necessary to improve sleep quality. Given the probable effect of lavender on sleep problems, the present research intended to determine its effects on mothers’ sleep quality during postpartum period. The PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, Scopus databases and the Persian language databases (Magiran and SID) were searched for all the articles they included at the end of February 2021. The risk of bias of the included studies was assessed using the Cochrane tool. The results of the meta-analysis were reported as the standardized mean difference (SMD). Heterogeneity of the studies was investigated using the I-squared test (I2). Three out of the 292 obtained studies entered the meta-analysis. The results indicated that sleep quality in the group receiving lavender improved compared to the control group, (SMD = −0.61; 95% CI: −1.07 to −015 p = 0.01) whereas the heterogeneity was higher. (I2 = 75%; Tau2 = 012; Chi2 = 7.905, p = 0.02). According to the results of this systematic review, use of lavender can improve postpartum maternal sleep quality. However, further randomized controlled trials using identical methodology, larger sample sizes and longer follow-up periods are needed.
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Research funding: There was no financial support source for this study.
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Author contributions: LSB contributed to the study conception and design, database searching, data extraction, assessment of the risk of bias and drafting the manuscript. MM contributed to the database searching, data extraction, study selection, revising the manuscript, and data analysis.
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Competing interests: The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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Ethical statement: Primary data for human nor for animals were not collected for this research work.
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- Frontmatter
- Reviews
- The effect of lavender on mothers sleep quality in the postpartum period: a systematic review and meta-analysis
- The effect of Salvia officinalis on blood glycemic indexes and blood lipid profile in diabetic patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis
- Neuroprotective potential of Celastrus paniculatus seeds against common neurological ailments: a narrative review
- Intuitive and mindful eating to improve physiological health parameters: a short narrative review of intervention studies
- Research Articles
- Vitamin C supplementation modulates crude oil contaminated water induced gravid uterine impaired contractile mechanism and foetal outcomes in Wistar rats
- Acute and sub acute toxicity of Amirdha Gandhi Kukkil Vallathy an effective Siddha herbo mineral formulation used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis in wistar albino rat model
- Anti-hyperplastic effects of the Dacryodes edulis (Burseraceae) leaves aqueous extract on tamoxifen-induced endometrium hyperplasia on Wistar rat
- Vitamin A and vitamin D3 protect the visual apparatus during the development of dopamine-2 receptor knockout mouse model of Parkinsonism
- Leaf paste of Telfairia occidentalis favourably modulates deleterious effects associated with exposure to diethylnitrosamine in male Wistar rats
- Chemical composition, antioxidant, and enzyme inhibitory properties of Rauwolfia vomitoria extract
- Intra-stromal injection of honey-treated keratocytes as a cell-based therapy for experimental corneal laceration
- Effect of Annona squamosa leaf extract on human promyelocytic leukemia cells subjected to oxidative stress
- Cinnamic acids as promising bioactive compounds for cancer therapy by targeting MAPK3: a computational simulation study
- Cowanin induces apoptosis in breast cancer cells via Bcl-2 signaling pathway
- Arq Ajīb – a wonder Unani formulation for inhibiting SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein and main protease – an in silico approach
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