The Effect of Clove Oil on Labor Pain

NCT ID: NCT05130957

Last Updated: 2023-03-07

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

60 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-11-01

Study Completion Date

2022-09-01

Brief Summary

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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

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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.

Conditions

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Labor Pain

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

There are two groups as experimental and control.
Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Experimental Group

The pregnant women in the experimental group are given a massage with clove oil.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Massage Application with clove oil

Intervention Type OTHER

The experimental group is given a massage with clove oil,

Control Group

The pregnant women in the control group are given a massage without any oil as standard midwifery care

Group Type OTHER

Massage Application without any oil

Intervention Type OTHER

The control group is given a massage without any oil as a standard midwifery care.

Interventions

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Massage Application with clove oil

The experimental group is given a massage with clove oil,

Intervention Type OTHER

Massage Application without any oil

The control group is given a massage without any oil as a standard midwifery care.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

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

Exclusion Criteria

* The pregnant women has any obstetrical complications.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

35 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Ankara City Hospital Bilkent

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Nükhet Kaçar

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Nükhet Kaçar, MSc.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Ankara City Hospital- Maternity Hospital

Locations

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Ankara City Hospital- Maternity Hospital

Ankara, Çankaya, Turkey (Türkiye)

Site Status

Countries

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Turkey (Türkiye)

Other Identifiers

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AnkaraCHBilkent-MH-NK-01

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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