NCT06387849

Aromatherapy Effect on Pain and Anxiety After C-section

Effect of Aromatherapy Using Lavender Essential Oil on Pain and Anxiety After C-section: a Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 100 (actual)
• Sponsor: University Tunis El Manar · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 45 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

A prospective randomized triple blinded study conducted in the obstetrics gynecology department of Ben Arous hospital over a period of four months and 10 days between April 2023 and August 2023. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of lavender aromatherapy on postoperative pain and anxiety after cesarean section under spinal anesthesia in Tunisian women.

Conditions

• Post-operative Pain
• Post-operative Anxiety

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Aromatherapy	women enrolled in the experimental group received aromatherapy with lavender essential oil (EO) through dry inhalation (inhalation via a cotton support soaked in a few drops of EO)
OTHER	Placebo	women enrolled in the placebo group received ihaled a cotton support soaked in a few drops of distilled water

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-04-21
• Primary completion: 2023-08-31
• Completion: 2023-08-31
• First posted: 2024-04-29
• Last updated: 2024-04-29

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Tunisia