Lavender During Intrauterine Insemination

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Anxiety; Infertility, Female

• Registration Number: NCT03461055
• Lead Sponsor: Mayo Clinic

Brief Summary

The Researchers hope to learn if by using lavender aromatherapy during an intrauterine insemination patients have decreased anxiety and pain at the time of the procedure.

Detailed Description

Infertility patients have a high level of anxiety before and during infertility treatments due to anticipated discomfort of a procedure and anticipation of a long awaited pregnancy. Aromatherapy with lavender, an essential oil, has been shown to be effective in reducing anxiety and pain in a variety of procedures such as Botox injections, cesarean delivery and intrauterine device placement.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2017-05-24
• Study First Submitted: 2018-03-05
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-03-05
• Study First Posted: 2018-03-09
• Primary Completion: 2018-03-29
• Study Completion: 2018-04-16
• Status Verified: 2018-06
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-06-25
• Last Update Posted: 2018-06-26

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 62

Inclusion Criteria

• Women undergoing intrauterine insemination
• English speaking

Exclusion Criteria

• Allergy to lavender oil or its components
• Currently using aromatherapy
• Contraindication to intrauterine insemination
• Contraindication to pregnancy

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Anxiety	During intrauterine insemination procedure	Anxiety level using a standard visual analog scale. Scale is from 0-100 mm. 0 is absent anxiety. 100 mm is maximal anxiety.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Pain	During intrauterine insemination procedure	Pain score using Wong-Baker pain scale of 0-10. 0 being absent pain and 10 being maximal pain.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Mayo Clinic; 🇺🇸 Rochester, Minnesota, United States