NCT05910892

Aromatherapy and Pain

The Effect of Aromatherapy on the Incidence and Severity of Post Procedure Pain and Discomfort in Patients

• Status: Withdrawn
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 0 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Washington · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Effect of aromatherapy on pain and discomfort in patients who are receiving intramuscular stimulation therapy or trigger point injections for chronic pain.

Detailed description

The study will explore the effect of aromatherapy on pain and discomfort in patients who are receiving intramuscular stimulation therapy or trigger point injections for chronic pain. This will be a blinded study where patients will act as their own control over two treatment visits. On one visit patient will be exposed to either the aromatherapy or a placebo. On their second visit patients will be exposed to the other compound. The study will collect demographic data, pain intensity and affect, and catastrophizing information.

Conditions

• Chronic Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	Aromatherapy packet	5 deep breaths from packet prior to treatment
DRUG	Placebo packet	5 deep breaths from packet prior to treatment

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-01-01
• Primary completion: 2025-07-01
• Completion: 2025-07-01
• First posted: 2023-06-20
• Last updated: 2025-06-22