Aromatherapy for Reducing Labor Pain

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Pain
• Interventions: Other: Aromatherapy

• Registration Number: NCT03098212
• Lead Sponsor: Chiang Mai University

Brief Summary

Pregnant women who eligible with inclusion criteria are random to two groups. Aromatherapy group will receive the aromatherapy during labor along with standard pain control.

Non-aromatherapy group will receive standard pain control during labor

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2015-03
• Primary Completion: 2016-12
• Study Completion: 2016-12
• Status Verified: 2017-03
• Study First Submitted: 2017-03-08
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-03-27
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-03-27
• Study First Posted: 2017-03-31
• Last Update Posted: 2017-03-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 94

Inclusion Criteria

• Singleton pregnancy
• Nulliparous
• 37 complete weeks of gestation
• Cephalic presentation
• No emergency obstetric complication
• In labor

Exclusion Criteria

• Medical or obstetric complication preclude vaginal delivery
• Essential oil allergy
• Side effect of aromatherapy

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Aromatherapy	Aromatherapy	Receive essential oil diffuse by Aroma diffuser during labor. Pain score and dose of analgesics drug are recorded

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
early active phase pain using Visual Analog Scale	The day of labor	Visual analog scale used to assess pain during cervical dilate 5-7 cm.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
latent phase pain using Visual Analog Scale	The day of labor	Visual analog scale used to assess pain during cervical dilate 3-4 cm.
late active phase pain using Visual Analog Scale	The day of labor	Visual analog scale used to assess pain during cervical dilate 8-10 cm.
analgesic drug	The day of labor	doses of analgesic drug request by pregnant women