The aim of this study is to show the effect of lavender scent used to reduce pain and fear during blood collection in children aged 7-14.
The children in the experimental group were given lavender scent before the blood collection procedure. No additional intervention was made to the children in the control group. The pain and fear scores of both groups were evaluated.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
102
Parents stood on the left side, easily visible to the child. The sole routine method used to reduce pain in the blood collection unit of the hospital in which the study was conducted is the presence of parents during the procedure. In this study, all children in both intervention and control groups were accompanied by their parents. Afterwards, the researcher explained to the children in the intervention group and their parents how to apply the lavender essence and what kind of a plant lavender is, and showed the bottle of essential oil to be used during the procedure. A 5x5 cm sponge with 2 drops of almond oil that contains 1% lavender essence was located on the shoulder of the children to smell for 5 minutes.
Parents stood on the left side, easily visible to the child. The sole routine method used to reduce pain in the blood collection unit of the hospital in which the study was conducted is the presence of parents during the procedure. In this study, all children in both intervention and control groups were accompanied by their parents. Routine nursıng care provıed.
Çorlu State Hospital
Merkez, Tekirdağ, Turkey (Türkiye)
Child Medical Fear Scale (CMFS)
It is a 3-point Likert type scale that includes 29 items expressing the medical fears of children. For each item, the child is asked to choose one of the following responses: "not all afraid" (1), "a little afraid" (2), "very afraid" (3). The scale has 4 subscale dimensions which are procedural fears, environmental fears, intrapersonal fears and interpersonal fears. The total score that can be obtained on the scale ranges from 29 as the lowest to 87 as the highest . Children who score between 0-29 points are considered "not afraid" while the children who score between 29-58 points are considered "a little afraid", and children who score between 58-87 points are considered "very afraid".
Time frame: 9 MONTHS
Wong-Baker FACES Pain Rating Scale (WBFPRS)
On the scale, there are 6 facial expressions that are presented on a horizontal plane and scored from 0 to 10. The happy facial expression on the far left represents a score of 0, meaning "doesn't hurt at all" and the crying facial expression on the far right represents a score of 10, meaning "hurts as much as you can imagine
Time frame: 9 MONTHS
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