Children's Blood Draws: Lavender Study

NCT ID: NCT06933771

Last Updated: 2025-04-18

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

102 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2018-12-15

Study Completion Date

2023-09-15

Brief Summary

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The aim of this study is to show the effect of lavender scent used to reduce pain and fear during blood collection in children aged 7-14.

Detailed Description

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The children in the experimental group were given lavender scent before the blood collection procedure. No additional intervention was made to the children in the control group. The pain and fear scores of both groups were evaluated.

Conditions

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Nursing Caries Pain Management

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

LAVENDER ESSENCE GROUP - CONTROL GROUP
Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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LAVENDER ESSENCE GROUP

the researcher explained to the children in the intervention group and their parents how to apply the lavender essence and what kind of a plant lavender is, and showed the bottle of essential oil to be used during the procedure. A 5x5 cm sponge with 2 drops of almond oil that contains 1% lavender essence was located on the shoulder of the children to smell for 5 minutes.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

LAVENDER ESSENCE GROUP

Intervention Type OTHER

Parents stood on the left side, easily visible to the child. The sole routine method used to reduce pain in the blood collection unit of the hospital in which the study was conducted is the presence of parents during the procedure. In this study, all children in both intervention and control groups were accompanied by their parents. Afterwards, the researcher explained to the children in the intervention group and their parents how to apply the lavender essence and what kind of a plant lavender is, and showed the bottle of essential oil to be used during the procedure. A 5x5 cm sponge with 2 drops of almond oil that contains 1% lavender essence was located on the shoulder of the children to smell for 5 minutes.

CONTROL GROUP

no intervention was made.

Group Type SHAM_COMPARATOR

CONTROL GROUP

Intervention Type OTHER

Parents stood on the left side, easily visible to the child. The sole routine method used to reduce pain in the blood collection unit of the hospital in which the study was conducted is the presence of parents during the procedure. In this study, all children in both intervention and control groups were accompanied by their parents. Routine nursıng care provıed.

Interventions

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LAVENDER ESSENCE GROUP

Parents stood on the left side, easily visible to the child. The sole routine method used to reduce pain in the blood collection unit of the hospital in which the study was conducted is the presence of parents during the procedure. In this study, all children in both intervention and control groups were accompanied by their parents. Afterwards, the researcher explained to the children in the intervention group and their parents how to apply the lavender essence and what kind of a plant lavender is, and showed the bottle of essential oil to be used during the procedure. A 5x5 cm sponge with 2 drops of almond oil that contains 1% lavender essence was located on the shoulder of the children to smell for 5 minutes.

Intervention Type OTHER

CONTROL GROUP

Parents stood on the left side, easily visible to the child. The sole routine method used to reduce pain in the blood collection unit of the hospital in which the study was conducted is the presence of parents during the procedure. In this study, all children in both intervention and control groups were accompanied by their parents. Routine nursıng care provıed.

Intervention Type OTHER

Other Intervention Names

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AROMATHERAPY GROUP

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

children between the ages of 7-14 who applied to the blood collection unit, who had no mental neurological, hearing, speech, vison disorders

Exclusion Criteria

who were not allergic to lavender essence, who were not diagnosed with asthma, allergies, epilepsy, dermatitis who had not taken analgesics in the last 6 hours were included in the study
Minimum Eligible Age

7 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

14 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Corlu State Hospital

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Gülsev Kutman

Nurse

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Çorlu State Hospital

Merkez, Tekirdağ, Turkey (Türkiye)

Site Status

Countries

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Turkey (Türkiye)

Other Identifiers

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Çorlu State Hospital

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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