Aromatherapy for Reducing Labor Pain

Pain Clinical Trial

Official title:

Efficacy of Aromatherapy for Reducing Pain During Labor

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03098212
• Other study ID #: 3487
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: March 8, 2017
• Last updated: March 27, 2017
• Start date: March 2015
• Est. completion date: December 2016

Study information

• Verified date: March 2017
• Source: ChaingMai University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Pregnant women who eligible with inclusion criteria are random to two groups. Aromatherapy group will receive the aromatherapy during labor along with standard pain control.

Non-aromatherapy group will receive standard pain control during labor

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 94
• Est. completion date: December 2016
• Est. primary completion date: December 2016
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Female
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Singleton pregnancy

• Nulliparous

• 37 complete weeks of gestation

• Cephalic presentation

• No emergency obstetric complication

• In labor

Exclusion Criteria:

• Medical or obstetric complication preclude vaginal delivery

• Essential oil allergy

• Side effect of aromatherapy

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Pain

Intervention

Other:
• Aromatherapy
On the day of admission for labor. Pregnant women select type of essential oil. Aroma diffuser is used during labor. Pain score was record during latent, early active and late active phase.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
ChaingMai University

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	early active phase pain using Visual Analog Scale	Visual analog scale used to assess pain during cervical dilate 5-7 cm.	The day of labor
Secondary	latent phase pain using Visual Analog Scale	Visual analog scale used to assess pain during cervical dilate 3-4 cm.	The day of labor
Secondary	late active phase pain using Visual Analog Scale	Visual analog scale used to assess pain during cervical dilate 8-10 cm.	The day of labor
Secondary	analgesic drug	doses of analgesic drug request by pregnant women	The day of labor