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Lee and Hur: Effects of the Spouse's Aromatherapy Massage on Labor Pain, Anxiety and Childbirth Satisfaction for Laboring Women
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Korean Journal of Women Health Nursing

Korean Journal of Women Health Nursing 2011; 17(3): 195-204.

Published online: 30 September 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4069/kjwhn.2011.17.3.195

Effects of the Spouse's Aromatherapy Massage on Labor Pain, Anxiety and Childbirth Satisfaction for Laboring Women

Mi Kyoung Lee1, Myung Haeng Hur2

1Full-time Lecturer, College of Nursing, Sungshin Women's University, Korea.

2Professor, College of Nursing, Eulji University, Korea.

Address reprint requests to: Hur, Myung Haeng, College of Nursing, Eulji University, 143-5 Yongdu-dong, Jung-gu, Daejeon 301-746, Korea. Tel: 82-42-259-1714, Fax: 82-42-259-1709, mhhur@eulji.ac.kr

Received 23 May 2011       Accepted 29 August 2011

Copyright © 2011 Korean Academy of Women's Health Nursing

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of the spouse's aromatherapy massage on labor pain, anxiety during labor and childbirth satisfaction for laboring women.

Methods

The subjects of this study were laboring women who didn't have any complication during pregnancy and who have admitted for childbirth with their spouse to E. hospital in D city. This study was carried out from June to November in 2007. The subjects were allocated into three groups: spouse's aromatherapy massage group, spouse's carrier oil massage group and control group. Aromatherapy massage and carrier oil massage was applied for ten minutes every hour after the cervix dilated 5cm. The subjects in the control group were with their spouse during labor.

Results

The labor pain by VAS was significantly different among the three groups (Kruskal-Wallis χ2=7.09 p=.029) in the deceleration phase. The anxiety during labor by VAS were significantly different among the three groups (Kruskal-Wallis χ2=6.77 p=.034) in the deceleration phase. There was no significant difference in childbirth satisfaction among the three groups.

Conclusion

The spouse's aromatherapy massage using Lavender, Clary sage, Frankincense and Neroli could be effective in decreasing labor pain and decreasing anxiety level during labor.

Keywords: Aromatherapy, Labor pain, Anxiety, Satisfaction

Figures and Tables

Figure 1
Research design.
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Table 1
Homogeneity Test for General Characteristics among Three Groups (N=71)
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Exp.=experimental group; Pla.=placebo group; Cont.=control group.

†Fisher's exact test.

Table 2
Homogeneity Test for Obstetric Characteristics among Three Groups (N=71)
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Exp.=experimental group; Pla.=placebo group; Cont.=control group.

Table 3
Comparison of Pain Score in the First Stage of Labor (N=71)
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Table 4
Comparison of Anxiety Score in the First Stage of Labor (N=71)
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