Effect of Lavender Inhalation on Dysmenorrhea

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Dysmenorrhea
• Interventions: Other: Lavender oil inhalation; Other: Placebo

• Registration Number: NCT05995730
• Lead Sponsor: Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi

Brief Summary

This study was planned to determine the effect of lavender inhalation on primary dysmenorrhea and its symptoms.

Detailed Description

The research is a randomized controlled trial and an experimental research design will be used. The research will be carried out with two groups as experimental (lavender) and control (placebo) groups.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2023-01-01
• Status Verified: 2023-06
• Study First Submitted: 2023-06-13
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-08-12
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-08-12
• Study First Posted: 2023-08-16
• Last Update Posted: 2023-08-16
• Primary Completion: 2023-12-15
• Study Completion: 2024-05-15

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 51

Inclusion Criteria

• Having primary dysmenorrhea (degrees II and III),
• Single,
• Who have never been pregnant before,
• Having a regular menstrual cycle
• Without any genital organ disorder (such as fibroids, fibroadenoma, endometriosis, metrorrhagia, ovarian cyst, pelvic inflammatory disease, chronic pelvic pain, other pelvic pathologies)
• Not using contraceptive method,
• Having a normal sense of smell
• People who can smell odors and are not allergic to odors will be included in the study.

Exclusion Criteria

• Married,
• Having a disease that causes dysmenorrhea,
• Regularly using a pharmacological and non-pharmacological method to relieve
• Dysmenorrhea pain during the study,
• Having a previous or unconcluded pregnancy,
• Having a chronic disease (diabetes, endometriosis, uterine congenital anomalies, epilepsy, etc.),
• Using drugs that affect the menstrual cycle or dysmenorrhea,
• Persons who fill in the data collection form incompletely or not at all will not be included in the study.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: CROSSOVER

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Experimental group	Lavender oil inhalation	Lavender inhalation will be administered to this group.
Placebo group	Placebo	Olive oil will be administered to the placebo group.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Dysmenorrhea Symptom Assessment Form	to assess post-intervention change; It is applied on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd days of the menstrual cycle during 2 menstrual cycles.	Form consists of questions about dysmenorrhea symptoms in the participants.As the score obtained from the form increases, the severity of the symptoms increases.
Numerical Pain Scale	to assess post-intervention change; It is applied on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd days of the menstrual cycle during 2 menstrual cycles.	It will be applied to evaluate the level of dysmenorrhea pain. Participants will be asked to rate their pain level from 0 to 10. As the score increases, the level of pain increases

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Sakarya Training and Research Hospital; 🇹🇷 Sakarya, Turkey