Apay Serap Ejder, Arslan Sevban, Akpinar Reva Balci, Celebioglu Ayda
Department of Midwifery, Faculty of Health Sciences, Atatürk University, Erzurum, Turkey.
Pain Manag Nurs. 2012 Dec;13(4):236-40. doi: 10.1016/j.pmn.2010.04.002. Epub 2010 Sep 15.
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of aromatherapy massage on dysmenorrhea. The study used a quasiexperimental design with the subjects as their own control. Every participant applied both aromatherapy massage with lavender oil and placebo massage with odorless liquid petrolatum [soft paraffin]. The population comprised 438 midwifery and nursing students. The 150 students who had declared that they had suffered from dysmenorrhea used a visual analog scale to indicate their level of pain. Higher scores reflected a greater severity of dysmenorrhea. Forty-four students volunteered to participate in the study. When the lavender massage and the placebo massage were compared, the visual analog scale score of the lavender massage was found to decrease at a statistically significant rate. This study showed that massage was effective in reducing dysmenorrhea. In addition, this study showed that the effect of aromatherapy massage on pain was higher than that of placebo massage.
本研究的目的是调查芳香疗法按摩对痛经的影响。该研究采用了准实验设计，以受试者自身作为对照。每位参与者都接受了薰衣草油芳香疗法按摩和无味液体石蜡（软石蜡）安慰剂按摩。研究对象包括438名助产和护理专业学生。150名宣称患有痛经的学生使用视觉模拟量表来表明他们的疼痛程度。分数越高，痛经越严重。44名学生自愿参与该研究。比较薰衣草按摩和安慰剂按摩时，发现薰衣草按摩的视觉模拟量表得分以具有统计学意义的速率下降。本研究表明按摩对减轻痛经有效。此外，本研究表明芳香疗法按摩对疼痛的缓解效果高于安慰剂按摩。
