Effect of Aromatherapy on Venopuncture Pain and Anxiety

Tokat Gaziosmanpasa University

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 4

Conditions: Pain

Treatments: Procedure: Aromatherapy with lavender essential oil; Procedure: peripheral venous cannulation; Procedure: Placebo

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02592044

Venpuncture pain

Details and patient eligibility

About

The effect of aromatherapy with lavender essential oil on pain and anxiety during venipuncture will be evaluated.

Full description

The anxiety and pain during venipuncture may be cause to the avoidance of the medical therapy in patient as well as adult. Aromatherapy with lavender was shown that beneficial effects on chronic pain and anxiety. It's effect on acute pain and anxiety is not exactly known. In this study, the aromatherapy with the lavender will be compared with placebo to evaluate the analgesic and anxiolytic effect during peripheral venous cannulation before surgery.

Enrollment: 106 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• be scheduled for elective surgery
• be accepted to inhale lavender

Exclusion criteria

• age <18 years >65 years
• preoperative pain or consumption of analgesic medication
• anxiety disorders or consumption of anxiolytic medications (i.e. SSRI, benzodiazepine)
• pregnancy or breastfeeding
• asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
• poor sense of smell
• allergy to the lavender essential oil

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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106 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Aromatherapy with lavender essential oil

Experimental group

Description:

The 2 drops of lavender essential oil will put on 5x5 cm gauze and the patient will inhale it for 5 minutes and during peripheral venous cannulation.

Treatment:

Procedure: peripheral venous cannulation

Procedure: Aromatherapy with lavender essential oil

Placebo

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

The 2 drops water will put on 5x5 cm gauze ant the patient will inhale it for 5 minutes and during peripheral venous cannulation.

Treatment:

Procedure: peripheral venous cannulation

Procedure: Placebo