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The effect of aromatherapy massage with lavender oil on severity of primary dysmenorrhea in Arsanjan students
BACKGROUND: Presently, using complementary therapy such as lavender oil has specific application in medicine. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of aromatherapy massage on the severity of primary dysmenorrhea in nursing and midwifery students of Islamic Azad University of Arsanj...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4325408/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25709705 |
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author | Bakhtshirin, Froozan Abedi, Sara YusefiZoj, Parisa Razmjooee, Damoon |
author_facet | Bakhtshirin, Froozan Abedi, Sara YusefiZoj, Parisa Razmjooee, Damoon |
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description | BACKGROUND: Presently, using complementary therapy such as lavender oil has specific application in medicine. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of aromatherapy massage on the severity of primary dysmenorrhea in nursing and midwifery students of Islamic Azad University of Arsanjan, Iran. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study was performed using clinical trial method on 80 eligible students whose level of pain was measured by visual analogue scale (VAS) before the intervention. Each participant, in the first days of menstruation, randomly received two types of massage with lavender and placebo oil in two consecutive cycles of menstruation. Their level of pain was measured before and 30 min after the intervention. In this study, each group was considered as their self-control group in the next cycle. The data were analyzed by SPSS software. RESULTS: A significant decrease in VAS score after lavender massage was detected in comparison with placebo massage. There was a statistically significant difference between VAS scores after and before placebo massage. In addition, statistically the effect of lavender massage on the severity of primary dysmenorrhea was higher than that of placebo massage (P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: Findings of this study showed that lavender oil massage decreases primary dysmenorrhea and it can be used as an effective herbal drug. |
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spelling | pubmed-43254082015-02-23 The effect of aromatherapy massage with lavender oil on severity of primary dysmenorrhea in Arsanjan students Bakhtshirin, Froozan Abedi, Sara YusefiZoj, Parisa Razmjooee, Damoon Iran J Nurs Midwifery Res Original Article BACKGROUND: Presently, using complementary therapy such as lavender oil has specific application in medicine. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of aromatherapy massage on the severity of primary dysmenorrhea in nursing and midwifery students of Islamic Azad University of Arsanjan, Iran. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study was performed using clinical trial method on 80 eligible students whose level of pain was measured by visual analogue scale (VAS) before the intervention. Each participant, in the first days of menstruation, randomly received two types of massage with lavender and placebo oil in two consecutive cycles of menstruation. Their level of pain was measured before and 30 min after the intervention. In this study, each group was considered as their self-control group in the next cycle. The data were analyzed by SPSS software. RESULTS: A significant decrease in VAS score after lavender massage was detected in comparison with placebo massage. There was a statistically significant difference between VAS scores after and before placebo massage. In addition, statistically the effect of lavender massage on the severity of primary dysmenorrhea was higher than that of placebo massage (P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: Findings of this study showed that lavender oil massage decreases primary dysmenorrhea and it can be used as an effective herbal drug. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4325408/ /pubmed/25709705 Text en Copyright: © Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Bakhtshirin, Froozan Abedi, Sara YusefiZoj, Parisa Razmjooee, Damoon The effect of aromatherapy massage with lavender oil on severity of primary dysmenorrhea in Arsanjan students |
title | The effect of aromatherapy massage with lavender oil on severity of primary dysmenorrhea in Arsanjan students |
title_full | The effect of aromatherapy massage with lavender oil on severity of primary dysmenorrhea in Arsanjan students |
title_fullStr | The effect of aromatherapy massage with lavender oil on severity of primary dysmenorrhea in Arsanjan students |
title_full_unstemmed | The effect of aromatherapy massage with lavender oil on severity of primary dysmenorrhea in Arsanjan students |
title_short | The effect of aromatherapy massage with lavender oil on severity of primary dysmenorrhea in Arsanjan students |
title_sort | effect of aromatherapy massage with lavender oil on severity of primary dysmenorrhea in arsanjan students |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4325408/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25709705 |
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