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Comparison the effect of Lavender and Mint oil on nausea, vomiting and anxiety in pregnant women

Comparison the effect of Lavender and Mint oil on nausea, vomiting and anxiety in pregnant women

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
IRCT
Registry ID
IRCT201306082324N12
Enrollment
99
Registered
2014-09-23
Start date
2014-06-05
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2018-02-22

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Conditions

Condition 1: Nausea and vomiting of pregnancy. Condition 2: Anxiety in Pregnancy. Supervision of normal pregnancy, unspecified Neurotic, stress-related and somutoform disorders

Interventions

Intervention 1: Intervention group 1: Participants will be dropped Lavender oil (made by Barij Company) on a piece of cotton pad and will attach to their dress collar within 20 cm distance from nose a
Treatment - Drugs
Intervention group 1: Participants will be dropped Lavender oil (made by Barij Company) on a piece of cotton pad and will attach to their dress collar within 20 cm distance from nose and they will bre
intervention group 2: Participants will be dropped Mint oil (made by Barij Company) on a piece of cotton pad and will attach to their dress collar within 20 cm distance from nose and they will breathe
control group(placebo): Participants will be dropped Sesame oil (made by Barij Company) on a piece of cotton pad and will attach to their dress collar within 20 cm distance from nose and they will bre

Sponsors

Vice chancellor for research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
Female
Age
15 Years to 34 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria: Gestational age 6-16 weeks based on LMP or Ultrasound; Age 15-34 year ; Having mild to moderate nausea and vomiting (based on Rhodes index); Ashpylberger Anxiety Scale scores will obtained from less than 53 in state anxiety; Single pregnancy with an alive and healthy fetus based on ultrasound; Ability to read and write; No olfactory disorder (according to pregnant women reporting); Not having physical, mental and emotional diseases; Lack of stressful events during the past 6 months; Not to have any allergy to herbal drugs; Not using anti emetic or emetic drugs( herbal or chemical drugs) over the previous 24 hours; lack of sedative drugs or other therapeutic measures (such as the use of vegetable oils, regular exercise) to reduce anxiety before six weeks; Desire for pregnancy. Exclusion criteria: Not to have tendency to continue participating in the study; Crises and stressful events during the study; Lack of regular use of aromatherapy; Other signs like diarrhea that show nausea and vomiting are pathological; Each disease which makes or increases nausea and vomiting; Use drugs during study; Alergy during aromatherapy.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria:

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Distress of nausea. Timepoint: every 24 hours. Method of measurement: Rhodes index.;Frequency of vomiting. Timepoint: every 24 hours. Method of measurement: Rhodes index.;Frequency of nausea. Timepoint: every 24 hours. Method of measurement: Rhodes index.;Distress from retching. Timepoint: every 24 hours. Method of measurement: Rhodes index.;Frequency of retching. Timepoint: every 24 hours. Method of measurement: Rhodes index.;Amount of vomiting. Timepoint: every 24 hours. Method of measurement: Rhodes index.;Vomiting distress. Timepoint: every 24 hours. Method of measurement: Rhodez index.;Anxiety. Timepoint: before intervention and one week after the intervention (End of intervention). Method of measurement: Spielberg State Anxiety Inventory questionnaire.;Duration of nausea. Timepoint: every 24 hours. Method of measurement: Rhodes index.

Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactAzam Amzajerdi

Tehran University of Medical Science

Azamamzajerdi@yahoo.com+98 21 6693 7120

Outcome results

None listed

Source: IRCT (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026