Clinical trial NCT04151576: Aromatherapy Massage in Migraine Attacks
Official title: The Effect of Aromatherapy Massage on the Pain Severity and Quality of Life in Acute Migraine Attacks
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Pain
Head Pain
Quality of Life
Keywords: aromatherapy
massage
Lead sponsor: Biruni University
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Halic University
name: Bitlis Eren University
First posted: 2019-11-05
Enrollment: 83
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 50
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: Randomized controlled experiment.
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: The aim of the study was to determine the effect of aromatherapy massage on the pain severity and quality of life in patients diagnosed with migraine in addition to medical treatment during an acute migraine attack.

In addition to medical treatments, complementary and supportive therapies are commonly used to cope with pain during a migraine attack. In recent years, aromatherapy through massage has become more common to reduce the severity of pain, make the patient painless and improve the quality of life. Aromatherapy applications are the application of pain relief oil mixtures through massage. Lavender and peppermint essential oils are mostly used in aromatherapy applications to reduce pain. Therefore, a mixture of mint and lavender oil was used in the study.

Detailed description: The study was planned and conducted as a randomized controlled experiment. The sample of the randomized controlled trial consisted of 70 patients who applied to the emergency department with a migraine attack and met the study criteria. Data were collected via Patient Information Form, 24-Hour Migraine Quality of Life Scale, Visual Analogue Scale, Sphygmomanometer, and Pulse oximeter. Along with the medical treatment, patients of experimental group were massaged for 15 minutes with an aromatic oil mixture (lavender and peppermint) applied on the temple and root of the neck, and this application continued for three weeks. Control group patients, however, received only medical treatment. Descriptive statistics methods, Shapiro Wilks test, Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test, Mann Whitney U Test, Kruskal Wallis Test, Fisher's Exact Test and Chi-Square Test were used for data evaluation.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

diagnosed with migraine according to International Headache Society 2013 Being able to speak Turkish, being between the ages of 18 and 50, being literate, not having any communication problems, agreeing to participate in the study, having vital signs within normal limits not being diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder

Exclusion Criteria:

having a headache other than migraine being the ages under the 18 having any communication problems, having vital signs above or under normal limits being diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder

Primary outcomes:
measure: 24-Hour Migraine Quality of Life
timeFrame: After 30 minutes of medical treatment and massage, blood pressure, oxygen saturation and pain were reevaluated and "24-Hour Migraine Quality of Life Scale" was administered.
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