The Effect of Aromatherapy on Anxiety, Difficulty in Providing a Semen Sample and Semen Parameters
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 102
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Anxiety about providing a semen sample
研究概览
简要总结
The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of aromatherapy on the anxiety and difficulty of providing a semen sample and on semen volume, sperm concentration and motility percentage.
The study will be carried out in two different groups. After the men are evaluated in terms of eligibility criteria for the research, the men who are eligible will be informed about the research and written informed consent will be obtained from the men who accept. The random distribution of men to the study groups will be carried out random. The following applications will be made to the groups. Aromatherapy/placebo will be applied to the individuals included in the study. During the semen sample giving process, lavender oil/coconut oil (placebo) will be applied with a diffuser.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Supportive Care
- 盲法
- Double (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- Male
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Having applied to the center where the research will be conducted with a complaint of infertility
- •Being 18 years or older
排除标准
- •Individuals giving up on participating in the study
- •Participant not being able to provide a semen sample
- •Being diagnosed with azoospermia-oligozoospermia
结局指标
主要结局
Anxiety about providing a semen sample
时间窗: immediately after providing a semen sample
VAS is a 10-cm-long measurement tool. The left end of the scale reads "no anxiety " and the right end reads "very anxious". A high score on the scale indicated a high level of anxiety and a score of 0 pointed to no anxiety.
Change in anxiety
时间窗: before providing a semen sample, immediately after providing a semen sample
The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory-S consist of 20 items with four points likert scales, each (not at all, somewhat, moderately so, very much so). Scores thus range between 20, indicating a low level of anxiety and 80, indicating a high level.
Difficulty providing a semen sample
时间窗: immediately after providing a semen sample
VAS is a 10-cm-long measurement tool. The left end of the scale reads "not difficult" and the right end reads "very difficult ". A high score on the scale indicated a high level of difficulty and a score of 0 pointed to no difficulty.
次要结局
- Semen volume(immediately after providing a semen sample)
- sperm concentration(immediately after providing a semen sample)
- sperm motility percentage(immediately after providing a semen sample)
- Total sperm count(immediately after providing a semen sample)
- Satisfaction with the oil used(immediately after providing a semen sample)
研究者
Menekşe Nazlı AKER
Assist. Prof.
Ankara University