en آموزش پزشکی Medical Education پژوهشي اصیل Orginal Research <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height:2;"><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><b><span lang="FR">Background & Objectives:</span></b> <span style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Exam anxiety can have an unpleasant effect on students and change exam results. This study aimed to investigate the effect of inhaled lavender essential oil aromatherapy on objective structured clinical examination (OSCE)-induced anxiety.</span></span><br> <b><span style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Materials & Methods</span></span></b><span style="background:white"><span style="color:black">: The present study was conducted as a double-blind, randomized clinical study with a control group. The participants were 51 college students who were randomly divided into two groups of placebo and intervention. The intervention group was given 2 drops of 2% lavender essential oil, and the placebo group was given 2 drops of distilled water. The samples inhaled the essential oil using an absorbable napkin attached to a face mask for 20 minutes. Before the OSCE test, each group&#39;s anxiety and vital signs were assessed and recorded before and after the intervention using the Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) and Vital Signs Instruments.</span></span><br> <b><span style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Results</span></span></b><span style="background:white"><span style="color:black">: The results of the independent t-test showed that before the intervention, the difference in mean anxiety between the intervention and placebo groups was not statistically significant (44.16&plusmn;10.58 vs. 41.80&plusmn;12.54). Even after the intervention, there was no statistically significant difference between the intervention and the placebo groups in terms of mean anxiety values (44.92&plusmn;12.18 vs. 43.19&plusmn;13.12).</span></span><br> <b><span style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Conclusion</span></span></b><span style="background:white"><span style="color:black">: Inhalation aromatherapy with lavender essential oil does not affect anxiety caused by OSCE test in students. </span></span></span></span></span></div> Aromatherapy, Lavender essential oil, Anxiety, OSCE test 13 20 http://edujournal.zums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-12-1836-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Zahra Seifi sm.nursing@yahoo.com 5300319475328460025048 5300319475328460025048 No Department of Nursing, School of Nursing, Department of Nursing, School of Nursing, Larestan University of Medical Sciences, Larestan, Iran. Fereidoun Jahangir z.seifi2010@yahoo.com 5300319475328460025049 5300319475328460025049 No PhD Candidate in Epidemiology, Kerman University of Medical Sciences,Kerman,Iran. Marzieh Asadilari fridoonjahangir@yahoo.com 5300319475328460025050 5300319475328460025050 No Department of Nursing, School of Nursing, Larestan University of Medical Sciences, Larestan, Iran. Mozhgan Jokar marzieh.asadilari@gmail.com 5300319475328460025051 5300319475328460025051 No 6- PhD candidate, Student Research Committee, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Sara Moghaddam nurse_jokar@yahoo.com 5300319475328460025052 5300319475328460025052 No Department of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, Iran Esmaeil Kavi kavi.esmaeil@gmail.com 5300319475328460025053 5300319475328460025053 No PhD Candidate of Medical Education, Clinical Education Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran Mohammad Rafi Bazafshan seeder2007@gmail.com 5300319475328460025054 5300319475328460025054 Yes Department of Nursing, School of Nursing, Larestan University of Medical Sciences, Larestan, Iran.