Masoumeh Bagheri-Nesami1, Fatemeh Espahbodi2, Attieh Nikkhah3, Seyed Afshin Shorofi4, Jamshid Yazdani Charati5. 1. Department of Medical-Surgical Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran. Electronic address: anna30432003@yahoo.com. 2. Department of Nephrology, School of Medicine, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran. Electronic address: ftespahbodi@yahoo.com. 3. School of Nursing and Midwifery, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran. Electronic address: atinik1357@yahoo.com. 4. Department of Medical-Surgical Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran; Traditional and Complementary Medicine Research Centre, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran; Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia. Electronic address: ashorofi@yahoo.com. 5. Department of Biostatistics, School of Health Sciences, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran. Electronic address: jamshid_1380@yahoo.com.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: This study sought to determine the effects of lavender aromatherapy on pain following needle insertion into a fistula in patients undergoing hemodialysis. METHOD: This is a randomized controlled clinical trial in which 92 patients undergoing hemodialysis with arteriovenous fistulas were randomly divided into two groups. The experimental-group patients inhaled lavender essence with a concentration of 10% for 5 min during 3 hemodialysis sessions, while the control-group patients received aromatherapy free of lavender essence. RESULTS: The mean VAS pain intensity score in the experimental and control groups before the intervention was 3.78 ± 0.24 and 4.16 ± 0.32, respectively (p = 0.35). The mean VAS pain intensity score in the experimental and control groups after three aromatherapy sessions was 2.36 ± 0.25 and 3.43 ± 0.31, respectively (p = 0.009). CONCLUSION:Lavender aromatherapy may be an effective technique to reduce pain following needle insertion into a fistula in hemodialysis patients.
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OBJECTIVE: This study sought to determine the effects of lavender aromatherapy on pain following needle insertion into a fistula in patients undergoing hemodialysis. METHOD: This is a randomized controlled clinical trial in which 92 patients undergoing hemodialysis with arteriovenous fistulas were randomly divided into two groups. The experimental-group patients inhaled lavender essence with a concentration of 10% for 5 min during 3 hemodialysis sessions, while the control-group patients received aromatherapy free of lavender essence. RESULTS: The mean VAS pain intensity score in the experimental and control groups before the intervention was 3.78 ± 0.24 and 4.16 ± 0.32, respectively (p = 0.35). The mean VAS pain intensity score in the experimental and control groups after three aromatherapy sessions was 2.36 ± 0.25 and 3.43 ± 0.31, respectively (p = 0.009). CONCLUSION:Lavender aromatherapy may be an effective technique to reduce pain following needle insertion into a fistula in hemodialysis patients.