Effects of Lavender Oil Aromatherapy on Pain, Anxiety, and Comfort after Cesarean Section: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Year 2024, Volume: 27 Issue: 4, 292 - 301, 06.12.2024

Seda Karaçay Yıkar , Sevgi Deniz Doğan , İpek Köse Tosunöz , Evşen Nazik , Sevban Arslan

https://doi.org/10.17049/jnursology.1448317

Abstract

Objective: This study aims to determine the effects of lavender oil aromatherapy on pain, anxiety, and comfort after cesarean section.

Methods: This study was conducted as a three-group randomized and controlled trial conducted in a city hospital in Adana, Türkiye between August and December 2020.The study included 93 women who had cesarean section, with 30 women in the experimental group, 31 women in the placebo group, and 32 women in the control group. The study was conducted in four phases including before the cesarean and 1st, 4th, and 8th hours post-cesarean section. Data were collected through the “Personal Information Form”, the “Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)”, the “Trait Anxiety Inventory (TAI)”, the “State Anxiety Inventory (SAI)”, and the “Postpartum Comfort Scale (PCS)”.

Results: The women in the experimental, control and placebo groups were found to demonstrate statistically significant differences in terms of their VAS mean scores according to the processes (P<.001). The women in the experimental and control group demonstrated statistically significant differences in terms of their SAI mean scores (P<.05). Statistically significant differences were found between the experimental group women's physical comfort, socio-cultural comfort, and PCS total mean scores according to the processes (P<.05).

Conclusion: The results of this study suggest that lavender oil aromatherapy can be used to decrease pain and anxiety and increase comfort after a cesarean section.

Keywords

Lavender oil aromatherapy, Cesarean section, Pain, Anxiety, Comfort

Lavanta Yağı Aromaterapisinin Sezaryen Sonrası Ağrı, Anksiyete ve Konfor Üzerine Etkileri: Randomize Kontrollü Bir Çalışma

Abstract

Amaç: Bu çalışma, lavanta yağı aromaterapisinin sezaryen sonrası ağrı, anksiyete ve konfor üzerindeki etkilerini belirlemeyi amaçlamaktadır.

Yöntemler: Bu çalışma Ağustos-Aralık 2020 tarihleri arasında üç gruplu randomize kontrollü bir çalışma olarak Adana'daki bir şehir hastanesinde yürütülmüştür. Çalışmaya 30'u deney, 31'i plasebo ve 32'si kontrol grubunda olmak üzere sezaryen olan 93 kadın dahil edilmiştir. Çalışma, sezaryen öncesi ve sezaryen sonrası 1., 4. ve 8. saatler olmak üzere dört aşamada yürütülmüştür. Araştırmanın verileri Kişisel Bilgi Formu, Visual Analog Skala (VAS), Sürekli Anksiyete Ölçeği (SAÖ), Durumluk Anksiyete Ölçeği (DAÖ) ve Doğum Sonu Konfor Ölçeği (DSKÖ) kullanılarak toplanmıştır.

Bulgular: Deney, kontrol ve plasebo gruplarında kadınların süreçlere göre VAS puan ortalamaları açısından istatistiksel olarak anlamlı fark tespit edilmiştir (P<,001). Deney ve kontrol grubunda kadınların süreçlere göre DAÖ puan ortalamaları açısından istatistiksel olarak anlamlı fark tespit edilmiştir (P<,05). Deney grubu kadınların süreçlere göre fiziksel konfor, sosyokültürel konfor ve DSKÖ toplam puan ortalamaları, plasebo grubu kadınların ise fiziksel konfor puan ortalamaları açısından istatistiksel olarak anlamlı fark tespit edilmiştir (P<,05).

Sonuç: Bu çalışmanın sonuçları, lavanta yağı aromaterapisinin sezaryen sonrası ağrı ve anksiyeteyi azaltmak ve konforu artırmak için kullanılabileceğini göstermektedir.

Keywords

Lavanta yağı aromaterapisi, Sezaryen, Ağrı, Anksiyete, Konfor

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