The Effect of Clove Oil on Labor Pain

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Labor Pain
• Interventions: Other: Massage Application with clove oil; Other: Massage Application without any oil

• Registration Number: NCT05130957
• Lead Sponsor: Ankara City Hospital Bilkent

Brief Summary

The study has two groups. one of them is experimental group that is given massage with clove oil. The other one is control group that is given standard midwifery care. Each group consists of 30 women. We will evaluate their labor pain scores by using Visual Analogue Scale before and after massage application.

Detailed Description

Labor is a painful process. That's why there are lots of nonpharmacological methods to reduce labor pain. Especially most clinical guide suggests giving massage to pregnant who has labor pain. In the literature, there are a lot of study examining effectiveness of massage techniques. However there is no study about massage application with clove oil on labor pain. The investigators would like to give a massage with clove oil to pregnants to reduce their labor pain. Hereby the investigators will evaluate effectiveness of clove oil.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-11-01
• Study First Submitted: 2021-11-12
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-11-12
• Study First Posted: 2021-11-23
• Primary Completion: 2022-02-01
• Study Completion: 2022-09-01
• Status Verified: 2023-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-03-05
• Last Update Posted: 2023-03-07

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

• All of volunteer and pregnant women is 18-35 years old.

Exclusion Criteria

• The pregnant women has any obstetrical complications.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Experimental Group	Massage Application with clove oil	The pregnant women in the experimental group are given a massage with clove oil.
Control Group	Massage Application without any oil	The pregnant women in the control group are given a massage without any oil as standard midwifery care

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Visual Analogue Scale	during labor process, until the labor process is done.	The scale has 0-10 points. As the point increases the pain score increases

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Ankara City Hospital- Maternity Hospital; 🇹🇷 Ankara, Çankaya, Turkey