en Nursing Orginal research <p><span style="line-height:2;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span sans-serif=""><span style="color:#2980b9;"><b><i><span new="" roman="" times="">Background:</span></i></b></span> <span new="" roman="" times="">Sleep disorders are common among hospitalized children. Aromatherapy is one of the interventions with demonstrated effectiveness in improving sleep quality</span><span new="" roman="" times="">. </span></span></span><br> <span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span sans-serif=""><b><i><span new="" roman="" times=""><span style="color:#2980b9;">Objectives:</span> </span></i></b><span new="" roman="" times="">This study was conducted to investigate the effect of orange essential oil inhalation on the sleep quality of hospitalized children.</span></span></span><br> <span new="" roman="" times=""><span style="color:#2980b9;"><b><i>Methods:</i></b> </span><span style="color:black">This semi-experimental study was conducted on 70 children admitted to Valiasr Hospital in Birjand, selected by the convenience sampling method, and then randomly assigned to two groups of orange essential oil receivers and the control group. In the intervention group, aromatherapy was performed every day for three days in three shifts (10 am, 4 pm, and at the usual bedtime). The researcher completed the BEARS sleep quality questionnaire at the beginning and end of the intervention period. Data analysis was conducted utilizing SPSS version 16 statistical software and chi-square, Mann-Whitney, paired t-test, McNemar, and t-test.</span></span><br> <span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span sans-serif=""><span style="color:#2980b9;"><b><i><span new="" roman="" times="">Results:</span></i></b></span><span new="" roman="" times=""><span style="color:#2980b9;"> </span>There was no statistically significant difference in the demographic characteristics of the children in the two groups (p>0.05). The results showed no significant difference between the two study groups before the intervention regarding different sleep quality domains (p<0.05). After the intervention, there was a significant difference between the two studied groups in the domains of difficulty in falling asleep, waking up during the night, and disturbance in the regularity and duration of sleep (p<0.05), and the intervention group had better scores than the control group.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span sans-serif="" style="font-family:Calibri,"><span style="line-height:2;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#2980b9;"><b><i><span new="" roman="" times="">Conclusion:</span></i></b></span><span new="" roman="" times=""><span style="color:#000066;"> </span>The present study demonstrated that inhalation of orange essential oil had a favorable effect on the sleep quality of hospitalized children. This intervention can be introduced and implemented as an effective method to improve the sleep quality of hospitalized children.</span></span></span></span> <span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></span></span></span></span></p> <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="tab-stops:40.5pt 191.4pt 292.5pt"><span style="text-autospace:none"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span sans-serif="" style="font-family:Calibri,"><b><i><span style="font-size:8.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></span></i></b></span></span></span></span></span></span> Aromatherapy, Orange Essential Oils, Child, Sleep Quality 83 90 http://nmcjournal.zums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-889-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Mahla Salarfard salarfard.ma@gmail.com 100319475328460013858 100319475328460013858 No Instructor, Department of Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran Bahare Zarei baharezarei.d@gmail.com 100319475328460013859 100319475328460013859 No PhD Student in Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran Zahra Younesi z_unesi@bums.ac.ir 100319475328460013860 100319475328460013860 No Instructor, Department of Nursing, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran Asma Nikkhah Bidkhti asmanikkhah52@gmail.com 100319475328460013861 100319475328460013861 Yes Instructor, Department of Nursing, Qaen school of Nursing and Midwifery, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran Fatemeh Taheri Bojd asmanikkhah52@gmail.com 100319475328460013862 100319475328460013862 No Professor, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran