Effects of Massage With Peppermint Oil on Labor Pain

July 25, 2023 updated by: Rahime Bedir Fındık, Ankara City Hospital Bilkent

Effects of Massage With Diluted Peppermint Oil on Visual Analogue Scoring in Reducing Labor Pain

Birth is a very special experience for a woman and her family. Labor pain is one of the strongest known and defined pains today. In the literature, it has been stated that labor pain is perceived as more severe than chronic pain such as low back pain, cancer pain, phantom pain and postherpetic neuralgia, and acute pain such as fracture or laceration.

When birth pain is not controlled, the vicious cycle of stress, fear and pain can continue and affect the mother and fetus negatively.

In this study, our aim is to determine the effect of applying peppermint oil diluted with pure natural olive oil to the abdomen and waist region by massage in labor pain, reducing the labor pain.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

The study is a Prospective Cross-sectional Case Control study. Pregnant women whose mother tongue is Turkish, who are term pregnant and who are in active labor, who are hospitalized in the delivery room of our hospital for delivery, that is, who have a gap of at least 70% 5-6 cm in the examination and who have at least 4-5 severe contractions in 10 minutes, who have a single, vertex-presented fetus will be included in our work. Pregnant women with co-morbidities, chronic diseases, complications related to childbirth, anemic inactive labor, thyroid disease, skin lesions or infections, allergies, multiple pregnancies, use of any medication, and risky pregnancy will be excluded from the study.

For this, 30 pregnant women who were applied peppermint oil and 30 control group pregnant women who were not applied will be included in the study. Following the signed consent form obtained from our patients, visual analog scoring (VAS) will be provided to the patient during the painful period, and then peppermint oil will be applied to the abdomen and lumbar region where he feels the most pain, with 1/10 diluted peppermint oil by hand massage or with the help of a compress moistened with warm water. After the application, visual pain scoring will be applied to pregnant women again.The study is terminated when sufficient data is obtained.

The data will be entered into the computer in the SPSS program.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

60

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Turkey
      • Ankara, Turkey, 06800
        • Ankara City Hospital

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

16 years to 38 years (Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • normal pregnant with vertex presentation
  • at least 70% 5-6 cm gap in the examination at least 4-5 severe contractions in 10 minutes
  • Turkish-speaking

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Pregnant women with co-morbidities, chronic diseases
  • complications related to childbirth
  • inactive labor
  • anemic, thyroid disease, skin lesions or infection, allergies, multiple pregnancies
  • use of any medication
  • risky pregnancy

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Group massaged with peppermint oil
Group of experimental
Other: massage with peppermint oil
Peppermint oil diluted with 1/10 pure olive oil will be applied to the pregnant to reduce labor pain.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Visual Analogue Scale
Time Frame: during labor process, until the labor process is done
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

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Ankara City Hospital Bilkent

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Rahime Bedir Findik, Dr, Ankara City Hospital Bilkent

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

November 13, 2021

Primary Completion (Actual)

January 20, 2023

Study Completion (Actual)

May 15, 2023

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

November 13, 2021

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 24, 2021

First Posted (Actual)

November 26, 2021

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

July 27, 2023

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 25, 2023

Last Verified

July 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • AnkaraCHBilkent-MH-RBF-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

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