The Effect of Clove Oil on Labor Pain

The Effect of Massage Applied With Clove Oil on Perceived Labor Pain

The study has two groups. one of them is experimental group that is given massage with clove oil. The other one is control group that is given standard midwifery care. Each group consists of 30 women. We will evaluate their labor pain scores by using Visual Analogue Scale before and after massage application.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Labor Pain
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Massage Application with clove oil; Other: Massage Application without any oil

Detailed Description

Labor is a painful process. That's why there are lots of nonpharmacological methods to reduce labor pain. Especially most clinical guide suggests giving massage to pregnant who has labor pain. In the literature, there are a lot of study examining effectiveness of massage techniques. However there is no study about massage application with clove oil on labor pain. The investigators would like to give a massage with clove oil to pregnants to reduce their labor pain. Hereby the investigators will evaluate effectiveness of clove oil.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 60
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Çankaya
    • Ankara, Çankaya, Turkey
      • Ankara City Hospital- Maternity Hospital

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 35 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: Female

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• All of volunteer and pregnant women is 18-35 years old.

Exclusion Criteria:

• The pregnant women has any obstetrical complications.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Experimental Group; The pregnant women in the experimental group are given a massage with clove oil.	Other: Massage Application with clove oil; The experimental group is given a massage with clove oil,
Other: Control Group; The pregnant women in the control group are given a massage without any oil as standard midwifery care	Other: Massage Application without any oil; The control group is given a massage without any oil as a standard midwifery care.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Visual Analogue Scale	The scale has 0-10 points. As the point increases the pain score increases	during labor process, until the labor process is done.

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Ankara City Hospital Bilkent
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Nükhet Kaçar, MSc., Ankara City Hospital- Maternity Hospital

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): November 1, 2021
• Primary Completion (Actual): February 1, 2022
• Study Completion (Actual): September 1, 2022

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: November 12, 2021
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 12, 2021
• First Posted (Actual): November 23, 2021

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): March 7, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 5, 2023
• Last Verified: March 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: pregnant women; massage; labor pain; midwifery
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Pain; Neurologic Manifestations; Labor Pain
• Other Study ID Numbers: AnkaraCHBilkent-MH-NK-01

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No