Aromatherapy in Providing a Semen Sample

The Effect of Aromatherapy on Anxiety, Difficulty in Providing a Semen Sample and Semen Parameters

The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of aromatherapy on the anxiety and difficulty of providing a semen sample and on semen volume, sperm concentration and motility percentage.

The study will be carried out in two different groups. After the men are evaluated in terms of eligibility criteria for the research, the men who are eligible will be informed about the research and written informed consent will be obtained from the men who accept. The random distribution of men to the study groups will be carried out random. The following applications will be made to the groups. Aromatherapy/placebo will be applied to the individuals included in the study. During the semen sample giving process, lavender oil/coconut oil (placebo) will be applied with a diffuser.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Infertility, Male
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Aromatherapy; Other: Placebo

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 102
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Ankara, Turkey
    • Ankara University Fertility Diagnosis, Treatment, Research and Application Center

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Having applied to the center where the research will be conducted with a complaint of infertility
• Being 18 years or older

Exclusion Criteria:

• Individuals giving up on participating in the study
• Participant not being able to provide a semen sample
• Being diagnosed with azoospermia-oligozoospermia

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Double

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Placebo Comparator: Control Group	Other: Placebo; Placebo oil will be applied to the individuals included in the study. During the semen sample giving process, coconut oil (placebo) will be applied with a diffuser.
Experimental: Aromatherapy	Other: Aromatherapy; Aromatherapy will be applied to the individuals included in the study. During the semen sample giving process, lavender oil will be applied with a diffuser.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Change in anxiety	The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory-S consist of 20 items with four points likert scales, each (not at all, somewhat, moderately so, very much so). Scores thus range between 20, indicating a low level of anxiety and 80, indicating a high level.	before providing a semen sample, immediately after providing a semen sample
Anxiety about providing a semen sample	VAS is a 10-cm-long measurement tool. The left end of the scale reads "no anxiety " and the right end reads "very anxious". A high score on the scale indicated a high level of anxiety and a score of 0 pointed to no anxiety.	immediately after providing a semen sample
Difficulty providing a semen sample	VAS is a 10-cm-long measurement tool. The left end of the scale reads "not difficult" and the right end reads "very difficult ". A high score on the scale indicated a high level of difficulty and a score of 0 pointed to no difficulty.	immediately after providing a semen sample

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Semen volume	Volume of semen sample	immediately after providing a semen sample
sperm concentration	sperm concentration of semen sample	immediately after providing a semen sample
sperm motility percentage	sperm motility percentage of semen sample	immediately after providing a semen sample
Satisfaction with the oil used	VAS is a 10-cm-long measurement tool. The left end of the scale reads "I am not satisfied at all" and the right end reads "very satisfied". A high score on the scale indicated a high level of satisfied and a score of 0 pointed to no satisfied.	immediately after providing a semen sample
Total sperm count	Total sperm count of semen sample	immediately after providing a semen sample

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Menekşe Nazlı AKER

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): January 29, 2024
• Primary Completion (Actual): August 28, 2024
• Study Completion (Actual): August 30, 2024

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: January 18, 2024
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 1, 2024
• First Posted (Actual): February 5, 2024

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): March 25, 2025
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 9, 2025
• Last Verified: January 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Urogenital Diseases; Genital Diseases; Genital Diseases, Male; Male Urogenital Diseases; Infertility; Infertility, Male
• Other Study ID Numbers: İ04-205-23

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: No