Effect of Lavender Inhalation on Dysmenorrhea

NCT ID: NCT05995730

Last Updated: 2023-08-16

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

51 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-01-01

Study Completion Date

2024-05-15

Brief Summary

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

Detailed Description

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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.

Conditions

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Dysmenorrhea

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

CROSSOVER

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

QUADRUPLE

Participants Caregivers Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Experimental group

Lavender inhalation will be administered to this group.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Lavender oil inhalation

Intervention Type OTHER

Lavender inhalation will be administered to this group. Participants will be asked to drop three drops of lavender oil solution on a small piece of cotton on the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd days of their first menstrual bleeding after enrollment in the study, hold it 7-10 cm from their noses, and sniff for 5 minutes. Participants will be asked to apply this application immediately after the onset of dysmenorrhea pain on the first day of their menstruation and to continue regularly every 8 hours for the first three days of menstrual bleeding. Participants will be asked to apply this application in the same way in two consecutive menstrual cycles and the participants will be followed in this process.

Placebo group

Olive oil will be administered to the placebo group.

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Placebo

Intervention Type OTHER

Olive oil will be administered to the placebo group. The application will be similar to the experimental group.

Interventions

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Lavender oil inhalation

Lavender inhalation will be administered to this group. Participants will be asked to drop three drops of lavender oil solution on a small piece of cotton on the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd days of their first menstrual bleeding after enrollment in the study, hold it 7-10 cm from their noses, and sniff for 5 minutes. Participants will be asked to apply this application immediately after the onset of dysmenorrhea pain on the first day of their menstruation and to continue regularly every 8 hours for the first three days of menstrual bleeding. Participants will be asked to apply this application in the same way in two consecutive menstrual cycles and the participants will be followed in this process.

Intervention Type OTHER

Placebo

Olive oil will be administered to the placebo group. The application will be similar to the experimental group.

Intervention Type OTHER

Other Intervention Names

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Olive oil

Eligibility Criteria

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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.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

30 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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Sakarya Training and Research Hospital

Sakarya, , Turkey (Türkiye)

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Turkey (Türkiye)

Central Contacts

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Gönül Kurt, Assist. Prof

Role: CONTACT

90 (312) 304 ext. 3902

Gönül Kurt, Assist. Prof

Role: CONTACT

Facility Contacts

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Gönül Kurt, Associate professor

Role: primary

90 (312) 304 ext. 3902

Other Identifiers

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16214662/050.01.04/130

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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