• Masoumeh Bagheri-Nesami, Fatemeh Espahbodi, Attieh Nikkhah, Seyed Afshin Shorofi, and Jamshid Yazdani Charati.
• Department of Medical-Surgical Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran. Electronic address: anna30432003@yahoo.com.
• Complement Ther Clin Pract. 2014 Feb 1;20(1):1-4.

ObjectiveThis study sought to determine the effects of lavender aromatherapy on pain following needle insertion into a fistula in patients undergoing hemodialysis.MethodThis is a randomized controlled clinical trial in which 92 patients undergoing hemodialysis with arteriovenous fistulas were randomly divided into two groups. The experimental-group patients inhaled lavender essence with a concentration of 10% for 5 min during 3 hemodialysis sessions, while the control-group patients received aromatherapy free of lavender essence.ResultsThe mean VAS pain intensity score in the experimental and control groups before the intervention was 3.78 ± 0.24 and 4.16 ± 0.32, respectively (p = 0.35). The mean VAS pain intensity score in the experimental and control groups after three aromatherapy sessions was 2.36 ± 0.25 and 3.43 ± 0.31, respectively (p = 0.009).ConclusionLavender aromatherapy may be an effective technique to reduce pain following needle insertion into a fistula in hemodialysis patients.Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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