Lavender Aromatherapy to Reduce Anxiety During Intrauterine Insemination: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Background Infertility is a global public health issue. Therapies such as intrauterine insemination (IUI) are effective but may be associated with considerable anxiety. Preliminary data suggest that decreasing this anxiety might lead to improved outcomes. Objective To determine whether lavender arom...

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Autores principales:	Tiffanny Jones MD, MacKenzie Purdy MD, Elizabeth A. Stewart MD, Susanne M. Cutshall APRN, CNS, DNP, Matthew A. Hathcock MS, Saswati Mahapatra MS, Brent A. Bauer MD, Alessandra J. Ainsworth MD
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Publicado:	SAGE Publishing 2021
Materias:	Medicine (General) R5-920 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:f4cf6b6667f148b695f09b4526e459a22021-11-17T23:03:22ZLavender Aromatherapy to Reduce Anxiety During Intrauterine Insemination: A Randomized Controlled Trial2164-956110.1177/21649561211059074https://doaj.org/article/f4cf6b6667f148b695f09b4526e459a22021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1177/21649561211059074https://doaj.org/toc/2164-9561Background Infertility is a global public health issue. Therapies such as intrauterine insemination (IUI) are effective but may be associated with considerable anxiety. Preliminary data suggest that decreasing this anxiety might lead to improved outcomes. Objective To determine whether lavender aromatherapy (LA) reduces anxiety during an IUI procedure. Methods A randomized controlled trial of women undergoing IUI at a hospital-based fertility clinic. The intervention and comparison were the use of LA vs water. Measurements were the change in anxiety level during an IUI procedure, with secondary assessment of pain scores, patient satisfaction, and pregnancy rates. Results In total, 67 women were screened, and 62 women randomly assigned to either placebo (n = 31) or LA (n = 31). No differences were observed in baseline demographic characteristics or visual analog scores for anxiety before IUI (mean [95% CI], 33.9 [25.2 to 45.6] mm vs 41.0 [33.0 to 49.0] mm) in the LA and placebo groups. However, a statistically significant change in anxiety was observed after LA inhalation during the procedure (mean [95% CI], −11.2 [−19.1 to −3.2]) compared with placebo (mean [95% CI], 1.3 [−5.6 to 8.2]; P = .02). No significant difference was observed in pain during IUI in the LA group vs placebo group. Patient satisfaction was high, with 93% of respondents in the LA group satisfied with the aromatherapy during their procedure. Additionally, 76% of participants who received placebo reported that they would prefer to use LA during their IUI. No statistically significant difference was detected in pregnancy rates between the 2 groups: 19.4% with LA vs 9.7% with placebo ( P = .47). Conclusion LA reduced anxiety and was preferred by women during IUI fertility treatments.Tiffanny Jones MDMacKenzie Purdy MDElizabeth A. Stewart MDSusanne M. Cutshall APRN, CNS, DNPMatthew A. Hathcock MSSaswati Mahapatra MSBrent A. Bauer MDAlessandra J. Ainsworth MDSAGE PublishingarticleMedicine (General)R5-920Public aspects of medicineRA1-1270ENGlobal Advances in Health and Medicine, Vol 10 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Medicine (General) R5-920 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 Tiffanny Jones MD MacKenzie Purdy MD Elizabeth A. Stewart MD Susanne M. Cutshall APRN, CNS, DNP Matthew A. Hathcock MS Saswati Mahapatra MS Brent A. Bauer MD Alessandra J. Ainsworth MD Lavender Aromatherapy to Reduce Anxiety During Intrauterine Insemination: A Randomized Controlled Trial
description	Background Infertility is a global public health issue. Therapies such as intrauterine insemination (IUI) are effective but may be associated with considerable anxiety. Preliminary data suggest that decreasing this anxiety might lead to improved outcomes. Objective To determine whether lavender aromatherapy (LA) reduces anxiety during an IUI procedure. Methods A randomized controlled trial of women undergoing IUI at a hospital-based fertility clinic. The intervention and comparison were the use of LA vs water. Measurements were the change in anxiety level during an IUI procedure, with secondary assessment of pain scores, patient satisfaction, and pregnancy rates. Results In total, 67 women were screened, and 62 women randomly assigned to either placebo (n = 31) or LA (n = 31). No differences were observed in baseline demographic characteristics or visual analog scores for anxiety before IUI (mean [95% CI], 33.9 [25.2 to 45.6] mm vs 41.0 [33.0 to 49.0] mm) in the LA and placebo groups. However, a statistically significant change in anxiety was observed after LA inhalation during the procedure (mean [95% CI], −11.2 [−19.1 to −3.2]) compared with placebo (mean [95% CI], 1.3 [−5.6 to 8.2]; P = .02). No significant difference was observed in pain during IUI in the LA group vs placebo group. Patient satisfaction was high, with 93% of respondents in the LA group satisfied with the aromatherapy during their procedure. Additionally, 76% of participants who received placebo reported that they would prefer to use LA during their IUI. No statistically significant difference was detected in pregnancy rates between the 2 groups: 19.4% with LA vs 9.7% with placebo ( P = .47). Conclusion LA reduced anxiety and was preferred by women during IUI fertility treatments.
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author	Tiffanny Jones MD MacKenzie Purdy MD Elizabeth A. Stewart MD Susanne M. Cutshall APRN, CNS, DNP Matthew A. Hathcock MS Saswati Mahapatra MS Brent A. Bauer MD Alessandra J. Ainsworth MD
author_facet	Tiffanny Jones MD MacKenzie Purdy MD Elizabeth A. Stewart MD Susanne M. Cutshall APRN, CNS, DNP Matthew A. Hathcock MS Saswati Mahapatra MS Brent A. Bauer MD Alessandra J. Ainsworth MD
author_sort	Tiffanny Jones MD
title	Lavender Aromatherapy to Reduce Anxiety During Intrauterine Insemination: A Randomized Controlled Trial
title_short	Lavender Aromatherapy to Reduce Anxiety During Intrauterine Insemination: A Randomized Controlled Trial
title_full	Lavender Aromatherapy to Reduce Anxiety During Intrauterine Insemination: A Randomized Controlled Trial
title_fullStr	Lavender Aromatherapy to Reduce Anxiety During Intrauterine Insemination: A Randomized Controlled Trial
title_full_unstemmed	Lavender Aromatherapy to Reduce Anxiety During Intrauterine Insemination: A Randomized Controlled Trial
title_sort	lavender aromatherapy to reduce anxiety during intrauterine insemination: a randomized controlled trial
publisher	SAGE Publishing
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/f4cf6b6667f148b695f09b4526e459a2
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Lavender Aromatherapy to Reduce Anxiety During Intrauterine Insemination: A Randomized Controlled Trial

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