DETERMINING THE EFFECT OF INHALATION AND LAVENDER ESSENTIAL OIL MASSAGE THERAPY ON THE SEVERITY OF PERCEIVED LABOR PAIN IN PRIMIPAROUS WOMEN: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL

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Available online 11 August 2022

EXPLOREABSTRACTBackground

: This research aimed to reveal the effect of lavender essence inhalation and the massage therapy applied with lavender oil on the severity of labor pain of primiparous women.

Methods

: This randomized controlled trial was conducted with three groups. Pregnant women participating in the study were randomly divided into control group (n=40), lavender essence inhalation group (n=44) and lavender essence massage (n=37) groups. The applications were divided in three for each phase in the first stage of labor (early, active and transition). Thereafter sacral compression and circular massage were applied for 15 minutes on the lower back (waist) region of the participants by using 2 drops of lavender oil in each phase of labor; 2 drops of lavender oil were dripped onto the palms of the participants in the inhalation group by the researcher and they were asked to inhale it for 3 minutes. Research data were collected using Personal Information Form (PIF), Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) and Postpartum Assessment of Women Survey (PAWS).

Results

: The results of the research revealed that the labor pain perceived by the women who were applied inhalation and massage therapy using lavender essential oil were milder compared to the control group (p<0.05). Another finding of the research revealed that the lavender oil inhalation gave the best results in the latent phase, however the massage therapy with lavender oil was more effective in the active and transition phases.

Conclusion

: Inhalation and massage therapy applied using lavender essential oil contributed to the alleviation of perceived labor pain. For this reason, massage therapy and inhalation applications using lavender oil are recommended to be applied by midwives as a complementary method to adapt to labor pain during delivery.

Section snippetsINTRODUCTION

Labor is defined as the process through which a fetus and its appendages are delivered from the uterus 40 weeks ahead from the last menstrual period. Labor begins with uterine stretching, hormonal activity and myometrial activity. Myometrial activity causes the contractions that will force the fetus through the birth canal during delivery1. These contractions, which are milder at the beginning, gradually become more frequent, leading to the progression of the delivery2.

Uterine ischemia caused

MATERIALS AND METHODS

This parallel-group triple-blind randomized controlled clinical trial was conducted between 01.02.2021-01.04.2021 in the obstetrics service and delivery room units located in the government hospital. The fact that this hospital is ranked the first in the province in terms of birth figures has been effective in the desire to carry out the research herein. This trial was conducted with three groups with the participation of a total of 121 pregnant women. A dice was rolled to divide the pregnant

RESULTS

Table 1. The mean age of the primiparous pregnant women participating in the study was determined as 20.93±2.70 years and the data on the sociodemographic characteristics of the pregnant women are summarized. All three groups are similar in terms of demographic characteristics.

Table 2. Exhibits the comparison of VAS scores in groups of primiparous women. ANCOVA test results indicate a significant difference between the study groups and the control group in terms of VAS scores of pregnant women

DISCUSSION

The results of the study indicated that aromatherapy massage applied with lavender oil and lavender oil inhalation methods applied to primiparous women for attunement with labor pain relieved VAS pain scores in the study group compared to the control group (p<0.05). The decrease of VAS scores in the study groups in all three phases of the first stage of labor was found to be higher than the control group. The decrease in VAS scores of women in the massage group was higher than those in the

CONCLUSION

Research results have revealed that massaging and inhalation therapy applied with lavender essence oil is effective in relieving the perceived labor pain. Massaging and inhalation therapy applied with lavender essence oil throughout the labor process helped pregnant women's attunement with labor pain without causing any side effects, decreased the duration of the latent phase in the first stage of labor and enabled the mother to breastfeed the baby in the early postpartum period. In this

Ethics Committee Approval

The committee approval was obtained from the Near East University Hospital Scientific Research Evaluation Ethics Committee in order to apply the data collection form. The written permission was obtained from the Adana Seyhan State Hospital Chief Physician. The women who agreed to participate in the research were interviewed face-to-face and questionnaires were conducted without violating the confidentiality principle. (Approval Date/Number: YDU/2021/1367)

Informed Consent

Written informed consent was obtained from the who participated in this study.

Peer-review

Externally peer-reviewed.

Author contributions

Concept – S.K, F.Y; Design - S.K, F.Y.; Supervision - S.K, F.Y.; Resource - S.K, F.Y.; Materials - S.K, F.Y; Data Collection and/or Processing - S.K, F.Y; Analysis and/or Interpretation - S.K, F.Y; Literature Search - S.K, F.Y; Writing - S.K, F.Y.; Critical Reviews - S.K, F.Y.

Financial Disclosure

The author declared that this study has received no financial support.

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