The Impact of Preoperative Aromatherapy Upon Time to First Analgesia Request After Cesarean Section

NCT ID: NCT06114472

Last Updated: 2023-11-07

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

60 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-10-31

Study Completion Date

2024-05-30

Brief Summary

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one of the main aims of anesthesia is to reduce postoperative pain. However, many drugs that are used for this purpose, especially opioids, have side effects such as respiratory distress, nausea, itching, and gastrointestinal bleeding

. Recent studies have indicated interest in using complementary therapies such as heat and cold therapy, hypnotism.

Detailed Description

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Pain is amongst the most common problems after surgery

(1). Pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience, which is associated with the real or probably damage of tissue. Unrelieved postoperative pain in addition to creating fears in the surgical patients, it makes adverse psychological impact on them

* The uncontrolled postoperative pain will make a lot of acute and chronic effects, including systemic mediators, hypercoagulability, postoperative immunosuppression, and delayed wound healing
* So, one of the main aims of anesthesia is to reduce postoperative pain. However, many drugs that are used for this purpose, especially opioids, have side effects such as respiratory distress, nausea, itching, and gastrointestinal bleeding. Recent studies have indicated interest in using complementary therapies such as heat and cold therapy, hypnotism.

Conditions

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Pain

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Group A aromatherapy

three drops of aromatherapy blend containing Lavender essence 10% were poured on cotton in cast containers, and the patient was asked to inhale it for 5 minutes from a distance of 10 cm

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

aromatherapy blend containing Lavender

Intervention Type DRUG

hree drops of aromatherapy blend containing Lavender essence 10% were poured on cotton in cast containers, and the patient was asked to inhale it for 5 minutes from a distance of 10 cm

Group B Control

No intervention

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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aromatherapy blend containing Lavender

hree drops of aromatherapy blend containing Lavender essence 10% were poured on cotton in cast containers, and the patient was asked to inhale it for 5 minutes from a distance of 10 cm

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Age between 20 and 40 years
* Body mass index (BMI) of 18-35 kg/m2
* Patients with the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status I/II,
* Patients scheduled for elective cesarean section.

Exclusion Criteria

* Patient refusal

* Allergy to local anaesthetics
* Anosmia
* Coagulopathy,
* Chronic pain syndromes
* Prolonged opioid medication
* Patients who received any analgesic 24 h before surgery.
Minimum Eligible Age

20 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

40 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Assiut University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Emad Zarief , MD

professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Emad Zarief Kamel Said

Asyut, , Egypt

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Egypt

Facility Contacts

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Emad Z Kamel, M.D.

Role: primary

+201007046058

References

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McQuay H, Derry S, Wiffen P, Moore A, Eccleston C. Postoperative pain management: number-needed-to-treat approach versus procedure-specific pain management approach. Pain. 2013 Jan;154(1):180. doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2012.10.007. Epub 2012 Oct 22. No abstract available.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 23200259 (View on PubMed)

Gupta A, Kaur K, Sharma S, Goyal S, Arora S, Murthy RS. Clinical aspects of acute post-operative pain management & its assessment. J Adv Pharm Technol Res. 2010 Apr;1(2):97-108.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 22247838 (View on PubMed)

Sheikhan F, Jahdi F, Khoei EM, Shamsalizadeh N, Sheikhan M, Haghani H. Episiotomy pain relief: Use of Lavender oil essence in primiparous Iranian women. Complement Ther Clin Pract. 2012 Feb;18(1):66-70. doi: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2011.02.003. Epub 2011 Mar 16.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 22196577 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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IRB8888888888

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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