Effect of Lavender Inhalation on Dysmenorrhea

Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Dysmenorrhea

Treatments: Other: Placebo; Other: Lavender oil inhalation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05995730

16214662/050.01.04/130

Details and patient eligibility

About

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

Full description

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.

Enrollment: 51 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 30 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

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.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Quadruple Blind

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51 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Experimental group

Experimental group

Description:

Lavender inhalation will be administered to this group.

Treatment:

Other: Lavender oil inhalation

Placebo group

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Olive oil will be administered to the placebo group.

Treatment:

Other: Placebo