Inhaled Lavender Applied at Hemodialysis Patients and Effect on Pain, Comfort, and Anxiety

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

36 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-02-15

Study Completion Date

2021-05-30

Brief Summary

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The procedure of puncturing during needle insertion and moving needles within the tissues, the insertion angle, diameter of needles, and insertion techniques all lead the patient to experience pain. However, patients tolerate needle insertion more easily when the pain is managed well. Therefore, pharmacological and non-pharmacological methods are needed in pain control in order to improve comfort when undergoing hemodialysis (HD), and to facilitate patient's compliance to treatment over a longer period. Being one of the non-pharmacological practices, aromatherapy is a part of phototherapy, which means "therapy with plants" and also aims to manage symptoms such as pain as well as the treatment itself.

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Detailed Description

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Experience of the arteriovenous fistula puncture-related pain can have unpleasant effects on the patients, it causes that hemodialysis patients experience more disability, depression, irritability, and insomnia than other patients in adapting to stress. Experiencing continued pain can also affect the level of hemodialysis acceptance in patients and ultimately decrease quality of life. Therefore, pain control is an important priority in these patients. In this regard, in various studies, different pharmacological and non-pharmacological approaches have been used to alleviate the pain.

Conditions

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Hemodialysis

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Caregivers

Study Groups

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Lavender oil

On the first day (before intervention), the intensity of needle insertion-related pain was measured. The experimental group inhaled lavender essence (12 consecutive hemodialysis seasons).

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Lavender oil

Intervention Type OTHER

the essence was diluted 1:10 with sweet almond oil. A cotton ball soaked in 3 drops of diluted lavender essence was kept at a 10 cm distance from the patients' nose and they were asked to breathe slowly for 5 min.

Control group

The patients will not smell lavender oil.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Lavender oil

the essence was diluted 1:10 with sweet almond oil. A cotton ball soaked in 3 drops of diluted lavender essence was kept at a 10 cm distance from the patients' nose and they were asked to breathe slowly for 5 min.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* 18 years of age or older
* On maintenance hemodialysis three times per week for four hours per session
* Receiving hemodialysis therapy for a least six moths at the time of the study
* Having the ability to smell
* Able to communicate in Turkish
* Willing to participate to the study

Exclusion Criteria

* 18 years of age younger
* Absence of psychiatric disorders that cause cognitive dysfunction, such as Alzheimer's disease or chronic psychosis
* Pregnant women, patients with a history of allergies, respiratory diseases, neuropathy and peripheral vascular diseases
* Administered with painkillers in the past 3 hours
* Having infection at the fistula area
* Requiring more than one attempt for fistula puncturing
* Unwilling to to participate to the study

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No