The effect of aromatherapy on anxiety and vital signs
- Conditions
- Anxiety Level.Anxiety disorder, unspecified
- Registration Number
- IRCT2012111811515N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Medical Sciences of Vice chancellor for research, North Khorasan University
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 150
included nulliparous women;
full-term pregnancy (37-42); ages 18-35; with a single fetus; dilatation of3-5 cm ; haven't chronic disease; no colds and haven't nasal congestion; anosmia; lack of sensitivity to smell specific experience of breath smells particular (which bad recalls memories or stress); the use of sedatives or anti-anxiety in 3 hours before the experiment; no known mental illness; no history of epilepsy and asthma; lack of fetal distress; failure to induce labor there was a high risk pregnancy.
Exclusion criteria for the study;
the firm's unwillingness to continue the study of fetal distress or impairment in labor progress during the intervention; use of pain medication during labor induction or intervention
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Anxiety level of first phase of labor. Timepoint: Befor and 20 min after intervention. Method of measurement: Spielberger state-trait.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pulse rate. Timepoint: Before and 20 minutes after intervention. Method of measurement: examination.;Systolic BP. Timepoint: Before and 20 minutes after intervention. Method of measurement: examination.;Diastolic BP. Timepoint: Before and 20 minutes after intervention. Method of measurement: examination.;Pain intensity. Timepoint: Before and 20 minutes after intervention. Method of measurement: VAS pain scale.