Premenstrual Symptoms and Aromatherapy

Not Applicable

Not yet recruiting

• Conditions: Aromatherapy; Premenstrual Syndrome
• Interventions: Other: Aromatherapy

• Registration Number: NCT05599594
• Lead Sponsor: KTO Karatay University

Brief Summary

Aromatherapy is the science of using high concentrated essential oils or essences with distilled high concentration of plants to take advantage of therapeutic properties '' . Essential oils or essences are obtained from various parts of plants (root, leaf, flower, shell, fruit) and therapeutically used for physical and psychological favors. The aromatherapine is a noninvasive process and the convenience of use allows the widespread use of aromatherapy. Aromatic oils can be applied in four basic ways. These are topical (tap, compressed or bath), internal (mouthwash, vaginal or anal wick), mouth (with capsules or honey, alcohol or diluent) and inhalation (inhalation directly or indirectly, steam or vapor ) is the way . Volatile oils that can be applied in various means can reach the neocortex part of the brain directly with the links to the hypothalamus from the limbic system. As a result of the impact of aromatic oils on the central nervous system, relief, sedation or stimulating effects are formed and the energy blockage in the body is broken, due to the information stream reaching the brain with the warning of the central nervous system and the resulting energy is exposed. The improvement process is supported by its exposed energy stream in a balanced way of the relevant organs, and the state of physical and spiritual goodness is emerged. Aromatherapy is also used in the field of women's health as well as many health areas.

Detailed Description

Premenstrual syndrome is a health problem characterized by mitigation of symptoms in several days after the beginning of menstruals, or after the beginning of menstruals, which occurs in the Luteal phase of menstrual cycle in the luteal phase . About 80-95% of women complained of premenstrual syndrome complaints. This ratio is affected by physical, cognitive, emotional and behavioral symptoms in different occupational groups in serious dimension, it can negatively affect life from business life to family life, and when it is considered to be repeated each month, the quality of life is negatively affected. In this reason the premenstrual symptoms The minimization of complaints and minimizing complaints constitutes a state of need.

In the studies involved in the literature, women complaining about Premenstrual Syndrome complaints were applied to various essential oils (Rose, Sardinia, Sage, Lavender) aromatherapy and stated that depression, anxiety, anxiety, irritability pain perception decreased by both psychological and physical positive effects.

In Turkey, the trend of traditional and complementary medicine is increasing day by day. However, aromatherapy practices are common in Turkey as well as aromatherapy practices in the world. The aromatic oils are diluted and ready to use are a method in pharmacies, as well as in pharmacies, as well as people want to use and use. The cost of ready-to-use aromatic oils will provide the treatment option to women in the light of new evidence in line with the fact that it is cheap and easily accessible to the study .

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2022-04-26
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-10-28
• Study First Posted: 2022-10-31
• Status Verified: 2022-12
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-10-25
• Last Update Posted: 2023-10-26
• Study Start: 2023-12-15
• Primary Completion: 2024-01-30
• Study Completion: 2024-07-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 120

Inclusion Criteria

• Premenstrual is at least 5 of the complaints living (self-notice),
• Non-respiratory disease such as asthma, bronchitis (self-notice),
• Not allergic to fat to be used (self-notice),
• Pregnancy or pregnancy doubt (self-notice),
• Diabetes, hypertension without a systemic discomfort (self-notice)

Exclusion Criteria

• Premenstrual has not experienced complaints,
• Using cigarettes or alcohol,
• With chronic discomfort (respiratory diseases),
• Pregnancy suspected or conceived,
• With a systemic discomfort such as diabetes, hypertension,
• Individuals who do not want to participate in the study

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Lemongrass oil	Aromatherapy	Lemongrass oil improves the quality of life by reducing premenstrual symptoms with relaxing and calming effect.
Neroli oil	Aromatherapy	Neroli oil improves the quality of life by reducing premenstrual symptoms with relaxing and calming effect.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Premenstrual Syndrome Scale	1 year	Participants in the study will be asked to fill in this scale in the pre-test. Women with premenstrual syndrome will be included in the study.The application of the premenstrual syndrome scale is made by evaluating the person retrospectively, taking into account the "being in the period one week before the period". The total score is obtained from the sum of the scores from all sub-dimensions. A minimum of 44 and a maximum of 220 points can be obtained from the scale. An increase in the score obtained from the scale indicates an increase in the intensity of the symptoms. If the total scale score (220) exceeds 50% (110) in the PMS scale, PMS is considered as "present".
Personal Information Form	1 year	A questionnaire with 12 questions was created by the researchers. The filling time of the participants is 5-6 minutes.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Scale for Coping With Premenstrual Symptoms	1 year	Participants will be asked to fill in this scale both in the pretest and the posttest.No evaluation is made on the total score of the Scale for Coping with Premenstrual Symptoms. As the score obtained from the sub-dimensions of the scale increases, coping with premenstrual symptoms increases. The scale structure consisting of thirty-two items explains 38.9% of the variance. In addition, the sub-dimensions of the scale are in a significant relationship with each other, and the correlation coefficients range from 0.188 to 0.518. Cronbach's alpha safety coefficients of the sub-dimensions of the Turkish version of PSSS were ''harm avoidance-0.88'', ''awareness and acceptance of premenstrual changes -0.89'', ''adapting energy -0.75'', ''self-care-0.83''. ' is 'communication-0.86''.
SF-36 Quality of Life Scale	1 year	Participants will be asked to fill in this scale both in the pretest and the posttest.The scale consists of eight sub-dimensions for physical function, physical role limitations, emotional role limitations, vitality (life energy), social function, pain, mental health and general perception of health. A separate score is obtained for each subscale. SF-36 evaluates the positive as well as the negative aspects of the health condition. Sub-dimension scores range from 0 to 100. Scores are positively oriented. Increasing score indicates better quality of life.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

KTO Karatay University; 🇹🇷 Konya, Turkey