Effects of Aromatherapy with Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia MILL) on Post-Dural Puncture Headache: A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial.

Context: Lavender has been proposed as an analgesic agent for different types of headaches in complementary and alternative medicine. However, no documented trial has been performed to investigate the effects of lavender in managing post-dural puncture headache (PDPH).

Objective: To evaluate the effects of aromatherapy using lavender essential oil in reducing the severity of PDPH.

The relationship between spiritual well-being and happiness among healthcare students: Application of the spiritual health questionnaire for the Iranian population.

Objectives: To investigate the relationship between spiritual well-being (SWB) and happiness in a sample of Iranian healthcare students, considering a culturally-adapted and a context-based measure of SWB.

Methods: In this descriptive-correlational study, 343 Muslim students of Qom University of Medical Science are studied from October 2017 to March 2018. Data collection tools were the culturally-adapted spiritual well-being scale (SWBS), the spiritual health questionnaire for the Iranian population (SHQ), and the Persian version of Oxford happiness inventory (OHI).