Aromatherapy With Lavender as Anxiolysis Prior to Cataracts Surgery

The purpose of this study is to assess the validity of lavender aromatherapy as a method of anxiolysis prior to a cataract surgery, and to see if this effect will extend intraoperatively to minimize patients' intraoperative medication requirements. The study team plans on enrolling 186 participants.The investigator team hypothesizes that:Participants will have a lower anxiety score after the interventionParticipants will require less intraoperative sedation medication compared to participants that did not have the lavender intervention.A decrease in intraoperative medication requirements will lead to a faster discharge time

Inclusion Criteria:Patients must have an ASA (American Society of Anesthesiology) score less than or equal to 3, be over the age of 18, and be able to consent to participating in the studyExclusion Criteria:ASA score >4, have a psychiatric diagnosis, on psychiatric medication, have a history of asthma, allergy to lavender, anesthetic plan switched from local anesthesia with sedation to general anesthesiaVAS score >60 pre-operatively (high anxiety score)