The effects of lavender aromatherapy on pain following needle insertion into a fistula in hemodialysis patients

Masoumeh Bagheri-Nesami; Fatemeh Espahbodi; Attieh Nikkhah; Seyed Shorofi; Jamshid Charati

doi:10.1016/j.ctcp.2013.11.005

The effects of lavender aromatherapy on pain following needle insertion into a fistula in hemodialysis patients

Masoumeh Bagheri-Nesami, Fatemeh Espahbodi, Attieh Nikkhah, Seyed Shorofi, Jamshid Charati

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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 5min 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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-4
Number of pages	4
Journal	Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice
Volume	20
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ctcp.2013.11.005
Publication status	Published - Feb 2014

Keywords

Aromatherapy
Hemodialysis fistulas
Lavender essence
Needle insertion
Pain

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