NCT05995730

Effect of Lavender Inhalation on Dysmenorrhea

Effect of Lavender Inhalation on Primary Dysmenorrhea

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 51 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 30 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study was planned to determine the effect of lavender inhalation on primary dysmenorrhea and its symptoms.

Detailed description

The research is a randomized controlled trial and an experimental research design will be used. The research will be carried out with two groups as experimental (lavender) and control (placebo) groups.

Conditions

• Dysmenorrhea

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Lavender oil inhalation	Lavender inhalation will be administered to this group. Participants will be asked to drop three drops of lavender oil solution on a small piece of cotton on the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd days of their first menstrual bleeding after enrollment in the study, hold it 7-10 cm from their noses, and sniff for 5 minutes. Participants will be asked to apply this application immediately after the onset of dysmenorrhea pain on the first day of their menstruation and to continue regularly every 8 hours for the first three days of menstrual bleeding. Participants will be asked to apply this application in the same way in two consecutive menstrual cycles and the participants will be followed in this process.
OTHER	Placebo	Olive oil will be administered to the placebo group. The application will be similar to the experimental group.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-01-01
• Primary completion: 2023-12-15
• Completion: 2024-05-15
• First posted: 2023-08-16
• Last updated: 2023-08-16

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)