The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of lavender oil (Lavandula angustifolia) on anxiety, pain and vital signs (blood pressure, heart rate and saturation) among children planned to undergone surgical intervention.
Lavender oil has sedative properties. Dental anxiety is one of the most common obstacles to dental care, especially for children ranges from 3% to 43% in different populations. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to investigate the use of lavender oil inhalation and to assess the correlation of anxiety and vital signs among children during a stressful surgical dental intervention. This study design was constructed according to the vital sign evaluations, anxiety and pain scores. Primary hypothesis was that of lavender oil inhalation prior to surgical dental interventions would affect vital signs and consequently reduce anxiety and perception of pain in children.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
126
Anxiety Face Image Scale (FIS) assessment in a separate room with face to face interview.
Face, Legs, Activity, Cry, Consolability (FLACC), to assess objective operational pain after anesthesia injection and tooth extraction
Wong Baker Pain Rating scale (WBS), to assess subjective operational pain after anesthesia injection and tooth extraction
Nazife Begüm KARAN
Ankara, Merkez, Turkey (Türkiye)
Nazife Begüm KARAN
Rize, Merkez, Turkey (Türkiye)
Vital Sign Measurements - 1 (sistolic and diastolic blood pressure)
changes in systolic and diastolic blood pressure pre-operatively, intra-operatively, post-operatively
Time frame: through study completion an average of 9 months
Vital Sign Measurements - 2 (heart rate)
changes in heart rate pre-operatively, intra-operatively, post-operatively
Time frame: through study completion an average of 9 months
Vital Sign Measurements - 3 (saturation)
changes in saturation pre-operatively, intra-operatively, post-operatively
Time frame: through study completion an average of 9 months
Anxiety Scale - Face Image Scale (FIS)
Five cartoon faces symbolized different emotions from very happy to very unhappy. The children chose one face at which they feel most like at that moment. One point is given to most positive face and 5 point is given to most negative face.
Time frame: through study completion an average of 9 months
Pain Scale 1 - Face, Legs, Activity, Cry, Consolability (FLACC)
FLACC has five categories of behavior to rate pain as follows; facial expression, leg movement, activity, cry and consolability. The scores of each category are between 0 and 2. The total scores can change from 0 to 10 defined as mild (1-3), moderate (4-6) and severe (7-10).
Time frame: through study completion an average of 9 months
Pain Scale 2 - Wong Baker Pain Rating Scales (WBS)
WBS combines pictures and numbers to rate pain. The scale has six faces assigned numerical ratings from 0 'no hurt' to 10 'hurts worst'. Administration of WBS is easy, not time consuming and requires minimal instructions
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lavender oil inhalation in a separate room for 3 minutes prior to interventions
Time frame: through study completion an average of 9 months