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The Effect of Lavender Aromatherapy on the Pain Severity of Primary Dysmenorrhea: A Triple-blind Randomized Clinical Trial.
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- The effectiveness of aromatherapy interventions on psychological, physiological and academic outcomes in nursing and health sciences students: a meta-analysis.BMC medical education · 2026Pooled it
- The Effect of Aromatherapy Alone or in Combination with Massage on Dysmenorrhea: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Revista brasileira de ginecologia e obstetricia : revista da Federacao Brasileira das Sociedades de Ginecologia e Obstetricia · 2021Pooled it
- Complementary and alternative therapies in the treatment of primary dysmenorrhea.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2025Review
- Plants in Menstrual Diseases: A Systematic Study from Italian Folk Medicine on Current Approaches.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Non-pharmacological that most effective to reduce of primary dysmenorrhea intensity in women childbearing age: a literature review.Journal of public health in Africa · 2023Article
- Effect of Complementary Medicine on Pain Relief and Wound Healing after Cesarean Section: A Systematic Review.Journal of pharmacopuncture · 2021Review
- Lavender Aromatherapy to Reduce Anxiety During Intrauterine Insemination: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Global advances in health and medicine · 2021Article
- Primary dysmenorrhea and self-care strategies among Chinese college girls: a cross-sectional study.BMJ open · 2019Article
- Aromatherapy for Managing Pain in Primary Dysmenorrhea: A Systematic Review of Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trials.Journal of clinical medicine · 2018Review
- Compare the Effect of Aromatherapy with Lavender and Valerian Essential Oil on Headache Caused by Nitroglycerin Infusion, Vital Signs, and Narcotic Use in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease: A Three-Blind, Randomized Controlled Trial.Iranian journal of nursing and midwifery researchArticle
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Abstract
backgroundPrimary dysmenorrhea is the most common complaint in adolescents and adult young women that disturbs their daily life performance.
aimThe current study investigated the effect of lavender aromatherapy on pain severity in primary dysmenorrhea. SUBJECTS AND
methodsThis triple-blind randomized clinical trial was conducted on 200 students of Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Iran. Subjects were allocated randomly into intervention (lavender) and control (placebo) groups. The researcher assistant asked the participants to smell the lavender in the first 3 days of menstruation, 30 min in a day in two menstrual cycles. Control group was also administered placebo (diluted milk) to be used as lavender in treatment group. Pain severity was scored by visual analog scale in the first 3 days of menstruation before intervention and 2 months after intervention. Data were analyzed through descriptive statistics and independent and paired samples
resultsThere was a significant difference in average pain severity between treatment and control groups after intervention. However, students in the treatment group reported significantly less pain severity 2 months after intervention (
conclusionUsing lavender aromatherapy for 2 months may be effective in decreasing the pain severity of primary dysmenorrhea.
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