Children's Blood Draws: Lavender Study

April 10, 2025 updated by: Gülsev Kutman, Corlu State Hospital

The Effectiveness of Lavender Essence in Reducing Pain and Fear in Children During Blood Draws; A Randomized Controlled Study

The aim of this study is to show the effect of lavender scent used to reduce pain and fear during blood collection in children aged 7-14.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

The children in the experimental group were given lavender scent before the blood collection procedure. No additional intervention was made to the children in the control group. The pain and fear scores of both groups were evaluated.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

102

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
    • Tekirdağ
      • Merkez, Tekirdağ, Turkey, 59000
        • Çorlu State 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

  • Child

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

children between the ages of 7-14 who applied to the blood collection unit, who had no mental neurological, hearing, speech, vison disorders

Exclusion Criteria:

who were not allergic to lavender essence, who were not diagnosed with asthma, allergies, epilepsy, dermatitis who had not taken analgesics in the last 6 hours were included in the study

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: Prevention
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Double

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: LAVENDER ESSENCE GROUP
the researcher explained to the children in the intervention group and their parents how to apply the lavender essence and what kind of a plant lavender is, and showed the bottle of essential oil to be used during the procedure. A 5x5 cm sponge with 2 drops of almond oil that contains 1% lavender essence was located on the shoulder of the children to smell for 5 minutes.
Other: LAVENDER ESSENCE GROUP
Parents stood on the left side, easily visible to the child. The sole routine method used to reduce pain in the blood collection unit of the hospital in which the study was conducted is the presence of parents during the procedure. In this study, all children in both intervention and control groups were accompanied by their parents. Afterwards, the researcher explained to the children in the intervention group and their parents how to apply the lavender essence and what kind of a plant lavender is, and showed the bottle of essential oil to be used during the procedure. A 5x5 cm sponge with 2 drops of almond oil that contains 1% lavender essence was located on the shoulder of the children to smell for 5 minutes.
Other Names:
  • AROMATHERAPY GROUP
Sham Comparator: CONTROL GROUP
no intervention was made.
Other: CONTROL GROUP
Parents stood on the left side, easily visible to the child. The sole routine method used to reduce pain in the blood collection unit of the hospital in which the study was conducted is the presence of parents during the procedure. In this study, all children in both intervention and control groups were accompanied by their parents. Routine nursıng care provıed.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Child Medical Fear Scale (CMFS)
Time Frame: 9 MONTHS

It is a 3-point Likert type scale that includes 29 items expressing the medical fears of children. For each item, the child is asked to choose one of the following responses: "not all afraid" (1), "a little afraid" (2), "very afraid" (3). The scale has 4 subscale dimensions which are procedural fears, environmental fears, intrapersonal fears and interpersonal fears. The total score that can be obtained on the scale ranges from 29 as the lowest to 87 as the highest .

Children who score between 0-29 points are considered "not afraid" while the children who score between 29-58 points are considered "a little afraid", and children who score between 58-87 points are considered "very afraid".
9 MONTHS
Wong-Baker FACES Pain Rating Scale (WBFPRS)
Time Frame: 9 MONTHS
On the scale, there are 6 facial expressions that are presented on a horizontal plane and scored from 0 to 10. The happy facial expression on the far left represents a score of 0, meaning "doesn't hurt at all" and the crying facial expression on the far right represents a score of 10, meaning "hurts as much as you can imagine
9 MONTHS

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Corlu State Hospital

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

December 15, 2018

Primary Completion (Actual)

January 15, 2019

Study Completion (Actual)

September 15, 2023

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

October 27, 2023

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 10, 2025

First Posted (Actual)

April 18, 2025

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

April 18, 2025

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 10, 2025

Last Verified

April 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • Çorlu State Hospital

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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