Effects of Massage With Peppermint Oil on Labor Pain

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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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.

Detailed Description
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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.

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

Conditions
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Labor Pain

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: massage with peppermint oil


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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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

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years
Maximum Age: 40 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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Female

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Treatment
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Interventional Model Description: Two groups with mint oil control group
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

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

What is the study measuring?
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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 | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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labor pain, mint oil, Visuel anolgue Scoring