Aromatherapy in Providing a Semen Sample

Menekşe Nazlı AKER102 enrolled

Overview

The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of aromatherapy on the anxiety and difficulty of providing a semen sample and on semen volume, sperm concentration and motility percentage. The study will be carried out in two different groups. After the men are evaluated in terms of eligibility criteria for the research, the men who are eligible will be informed about the research and written informed consent will be obtained from the men who accept. The random distribution of men to the study groups will be carried out random. The following applications will be made to the groups. Aromatherapy/placebo will be applied to the individuals included in the study. During the semen sample giving process, lavender oil/coconut oil (placebo) will be applied with a diffuser.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

DOUBLE

Enrollment

102

Conditions

Infertility, Male

Interventions

Eligibility

Sex: MALEMin age: 18 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Having applied to the center where the research will be conducted with a complaint of infertility * Being 18 years or older Exclusion Criteria: * Individuals giving up on participating in the study * Participant not being able to provide a semen sample * Being diagnosed with azoospermia-oligozoospermia

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Change in anxiety

The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory-S consist of 20 items with four points likert scales, each (not at all, somewhat, moderately so, very much so). Scores thus range between 20, indicating a low level of anxiety and 80, indicating a high level.

Time frame: before providing a semen sample, immediately after providing a semen sample

Anxiety about providing a semen sample

VAS is a 10-cm-long measurement tool. The left end of the scale reads "no anxiety " and the right end reads "very anxious". A high score on the scale indicated a high level of anxiety and a score of 0 pointed to no anxiety.