Study of Effect of Citrus aurantium Aroma on Severity of Labor Pain and Anxiety

Phase 1

Conditions: Condition 1: childbirth pain. Condition 2: anxiety of childbirth.
Low back pain
Generalized anxiety disorder

Registration Number: IRCT201301306807N6

Lead Sponsor: Vice-Chancellor for Research Dept of School of Nursing and Midwifery Shahid Beheshti University of M

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Complete

Sex: Female

Target Recruitment: 126

Inclusion Criteria

Inclusion Criteria: be Iranian; be nulliparous; be at the age of 18-35 years old; have a singleton term pregnancy; fetal presentation should be vertex; onset of contractions should be spontaneous, and at the beginning of admission, have a 3 to 4-cm dilatation; appropriate pelvic position; estimated fetal weight should range from 2500 to 4000 gr; amniotic sac should be sound when admitting to the study; over the past 8 hours, mother have not used analgesic medicines; have no known liver, gallbladder, and respiratory disease records in her file; according the file, have no complication during pregnancy such as pre-eclampsia, bleeding and infection; according to her, have not olfactory problems; according to her, not sensitive to herbal medicines.
Exclusion criteria: emergency cesarean before completing the study; sensitive to citrus scents and non-tolerance during the study term; obstetric complications such as vaginal bleeding during the study; analgesic intake during the study.

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type: interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Intensity of pain. Timepoint: before and after intervention in 3-4, 5-7, and 8-10 dilatations. Method of measurement: Numeric Rating scale Ruler.;Anxiety. Timepoint: before and after intervention in 3-4, 5-7, and 8-10 dilatations. Method of measurement: Speilberger checklist.

Secondary Outcome Measures