Nikjou R, Kazemzadeh R, Rostamnegad M, Moshfegi S, Karimollahi M, Salehi H
Midwifery Department, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran.
Student Research Centre, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran.
Ann Med Health Sci Res. 2016 Jul-Aug;6(4):211-215. doi: 10.4103/amhsr.amhsr_527_14.
Primary dysmenorrhea is the most common complaint in adolescents and adult young women that disturbs their daily life performance.
The current study investigated the effect of lavender aromatherapy on pain severity in primary dysmenorrhea.
This triple-blind randomized clinical trial was conducted on 200 students of Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Iran. Subjects were allocated randomly into intervention (lavender) and control (placebo) groups. The researcher assistant asked the participants to smell the lavender in the first 3 days of menstruation, 30 min in a day in two menstrual cycles. Control group was also administered placebo (diluted milk) to be used as lavender in treatment group. Pain severity was scored by visual analog scale in the first 3 days of menstruation before intervention and 2 months after intervention. Data were analyzed through descriptive statistics and independent and paired samples -tests.
There was a significant difference in average pain severity between treatment and control groups after intervention. However, students in the treatment group reported significantly less pain severity 2 months after intervention ( < 0.01).
Using lavender aromatherapy for 2 months may be effective in decreasing the pain severity of primary dysmenorrhea.
原发性痛经是青少年和成年年轻女性中最常见的困扰其日常生活表现的主诉。
本研究调查薰衣草芳香疗法对原发性痛经疼痛严重程度的影响。
这项三盲随机临床试验在伊朗阿尔达比勒医科大学的200名学生中进行。受试者被随机分为干预组（薰衣草组）和对照组（安慰剂组）。研究助理要求参与者在月经的前3天每天闻30分钟薰衣草，共两个月经周期。对照组也给予安慰剂（稀释牛奶），其使用方式与治疗组的薰衣草相同。在干预前月经的前3天以及干预后2个月，通过视觉模拟量表对疼痛严重程度进行评分。数据通过描述性统计以及独立样本和配对样本检验进行分析。
干预后治疗组和对照组的平均疼痛严重程度存在显著差异。然而，治疗组的学生在干预后2个月报告的疼痛严重程度明显较低（<0.01）。
使用薰衣草芳香疗法2个月可能有效降低原发性痛经的疼痛严重程度。
