Lavender During Intrauterine Insemination

Anxiety Clinical Trial

Official title:

Lavender Aromatherapy vs Placebo to Decrease Anxiety and Pain During Intrauterine Insemination (IUI).

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03461055
• Other study ID #: 17-001147
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: May 24, 2017
• Est. completion date: April 16, 2018

Study information

• Verified date: June 2018
• Source: Mayo Clinic
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The Researchers hope to learn if by using lavender aromatherapy during an intrauterine insemination patients have decreased anxiety and pain at the time of the procedure.

Description:

Infertility patients have a high level of anxiety before and during infertility treatments due to anticipated discomfort of a procedure and anticipation of a long awaited pregnancy. Aromatherapy with lavender, an essential oil, has been shown to be effective in reducing anxiety and pain in a variety of procedures such as Botox injections, cesarean delivery and intrauterine device placement.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 62
• Est. completion date: April 16, 2018
• Est. primary completion date: March 29, 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 18 Years to 45 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Women undergoing intrauterine insemination

• English speaking

Exclusion Criteria:

• Allergy to lavender oil or its components

• Currently using aromatherapy

• Contraindication to intrauterine insemination

• Contraindication to pregnancy

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Anxiety
• Infertility
• Infertility, Female

Intervention

Other:
• Lavender
Lavender aromatherapy
• Water
Water

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Mayo Clinic	Rochester	Minnesota

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Mayo Clinic

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Anxiety	Anxiety level using a standard visual analog scale. Scale is from 0-100 mm. 0 is absent anxiety. 100 mm is maximal anxiety.	During intrauterine insemination procedure
Secondary	Pain	Pain score using Wong-Baker pain scale of 0-10. 0 being absent pain and 10 being maximal pain.	During intrauterine insemination procedure