NCT04115891

Lavender Oil Inhalation Help to Overcome Dental Anxiety Among Children

Can Lavender Oil Inhalation Help to Overcome Dental Anxiety and Pain in Children? A Randomized Clinical Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 126 (actual)
• Sponsor: Recep Tayyip Erdogan University Training and Research Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 6 Years – 12 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of lavender oil (Lavandula angustifolia) on anxiety, pain and vital signs (blood pressure, heart rate and saturation) among children planned to undergone surgical intervention.

Detailed description

Lavender oil has sedative properties. Dental anxiety is one of the most common obstacles to dental care, especially for children ranges from 3% to 43% in different populations. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to investigate the use of lavender oil inhalation and to assess the correlation of anxiety and vital signs among children during a stressful surgical dental intervention. This study design was constructed according to the vital sign evaluations, anxiety and pain scores. Primary hypothesis was that of lavender oil inhalation prior to surgical dental interventions would affect vital signs and consequently reduce anxiety and perception of pain in children.

Conditions

• Dental Anxiety
• Anxiety Disorder
• Aromatherapy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Anxiety scale	Anxiety Face Image Scale (FIS) assessment in a separate room with face to face interview.
OTHER	Pain scale - 1	Face, Legs, Activity, Cry, Consolability (FLACC), to assess objective operational pain after anesthesia injection and tooth extraction
OTHER	Pain scale - 2	Wong Baker Pain Rating scale (WBS), to assess subjective operational pain after anesthesia injection and tooth extraction
BEHAVIORAL	Inhalation	lavender oil inhalation in a separate room for 3 minutes prior to interventions

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-01-01
• Primary completion: 2019-09-01
• Completion: 2019-09-30
• First posted: 2019-10-04
• Last updated: 2019-10-08

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)