The Effect of Ylang Ylang Oil and Lemon Oil

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Pain, Labor; Anxiety; Aromatherapy
• Interventions: Other: placebo (saline solutions); Other: essential oils (Ylang ylang oil); Other: essential oils (lemon oil)

• Registration Number: NCT05657431
• Lead Sponsor: Özlem Çağan

Brief Summary

This study was conducted as a randomized controlled experimental study.To evaluate the effects of aromatherapy, one of the non-pharmacological pain methods, on labor pain and anxiety in the active phase in primiparous pregnant women.

The main questions it aims to answer are:

Is ylang ylang oil applied as an inhaler effective in reducing labor pain and anxiety? Is lemon oil applied as an inhaler effective in reducing labor pain and anxiety? Participants randomized according to the closed envelope method into the lemon oil group (n=15), ylang ylang oil group (n=15) and control group (n=15). In the active phase (cervical dilatation ≥5), a drop of essential oil was instilled onto square cotton balls to the intervention groups and renewed as one drop every hour until labor occurred. In the control group, 1 drop of saline was dripped onto square cotton balls. Visual pain scale (VAS) and state anxiety ınventory were applied to the intervention groups and control groups before the application. After the application, VAS and state anxiety ınventory were evaluated at 5-7 cm dilatation, and only with VAS at 8-10 cm dilatation. The trait anxiety ınventory was administered to the volunteers after birth.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2019-06-01
• Primary Completion: 2021-11-30
• Study Completion: 2021-11-30
• Study First Submitted: 2022-11-11
• Status Verified: 2022-12
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-12-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-12-10
• Study First Posted: 2022-12-20
• Last Update Posted: 2022-12-20

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 45

Inclusion Criteria

• Term pregnancy (37-41 weeks)
• Pregnant women between the ages of 18-35
• had singleton pregnancy with cephalic presentation of the fetus
• Not allergic to ylang ylang oil, flower/lemon or oil or anything
• Absence of any pregnancy complications
• No previous miscarriage, no abortion
• Not having any diagnosed systemic disease
• ≥ 5 cm (cm) (active phase) cervical dilatation
• Pregnant women who do not take any analgesia, anesthesia or anxiolytic drugs
• Spontaneous onset of labor
• Pregnant women who can speak and write Turkish well
• Pregnant woman's consent to participate in the study.

Exclusion Criteria

• Emergency cesarean section indication
• Use of analgesic, anesthetic and anxiolytic drugs by the pregnant woman
• The pregnant woman's desire to withdraw from the study

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: FACTORIAL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
group 3 (Control)	placebo (saline solutions)	A square cotton ball impregnated with a drop of salin was placed in the participants randomized to group I (cervical dilatation ≥ 5) with the help of safety pins of pregnant women. One hour after the intervention (in the range of 5-7 cm cervical dilatation), pain levels were measured again with the VAS and anxiety levels were measured with the State Anxiety Scale. The essential oil was renewed as 1 drop every hour until the birth of the baby. When cervical dilatation was in the range of 8-10 cm, pain level was re-evaluated only with VAS. Spielberger Continuity Anxiety Scale was applied with face-to-face interview technique within 4-24 hours following the birth.
group 1 (Ylang ylang oil)	essential oils (Ylang ylang oil)	A square cotton ball impregnated with a drop of ylang-ylang oil was placed in the participants randomized to group I (cervical dilatation ≥ 5) with the help of safety pins of pregnant women. One hour after the intervention (in the range of 5-7 cm cervical dilatation), pain levels were measured again with the VAS and anxiety levels were measured with the State Anxiety Scale. The essential oil was renewed as 1 drop every hour until the birth of the baby. When cervical dilatation was in the range of 8-10 cm, pain level was re-evaluated only with VAS. Spielberger Continuity Anxiety Scale was applied with face-to-face interview technique within 4-24 hours following the birth.
group 2 (Lemon oil)	essential oils (lemon oil)	A square cotton ball impregnated with a drop of lemon oil was placed in the participants randomized to group 2 (cervical dilatation ≥ 5) with the help of safety pins of pregnant women. One hour after the intervention (in the range of 5-7 cm cervical dilatation), pain levels were measured again with the VAS and anxiety levels were measured with the State Anxiety Scale. The essential oil was renewed as 1 drop every hour until the birth of the baby. When cervical dilatation was in the range of 8-10 cm, pain level was re-evaluated only with VAS. Spielberger Continuity Anxiety Scale was applied with face-to-face interview technique within 4-24 hours following the birth.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
anxiety level	postpartum 4-24 hours	Determination of anxiety level before and after essential oil (lemon oil and ylang ylang oil) and saline inhalation with STAI From TX-I and TX-II (State-Trait Anxiety Tests) (The highest possible score is 80 and the lowest possible score is 20)
paın score	Between contractions in about 3-4 hours after the intervention in the 8-10 cm cervical dilatation range	Determination of pain score before and after essential oil (lemon oil and ylang ylang oil) and saline inhalation with visual pain score (0=no pain, 10=worst pain)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
apgar score	postnatal 10. minute	Apgar stands for "Appearance, Pulse, Grimace, Activity, and Respiration." In the test, five things are used to check a baby's health. (0-10 point)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Etlik Zübeyde Hanim Hospital; 🇹🇷 Ankara, Turkey