The effect of Aromatherapy Parent Education in Alleviating Injection Pain Among Children Submitting to Vaccination

Abstract

Background: Aromatherapy parents’ education about pain alleviation during child vaccinations supports family-centered care and has the potency to progress pain care management in children. Aim of the study: evaluate the effect of aromatherapy parent education intervention (massage with lavender oil) in alleviating injection pain among children submitting to vaccination. Subject and methods: Quasi experimental design two groups have been utilized in this study at vaccination clinics in El-Demerdash health office affiliated to Abbasis zone and Elkhalij Elmasry primary health center in Hadayek Elkobba Zone, governmental medical centers, Ministry of Health and Population, Cairo, Egypt. It included 120 children Submitting to Vaccination selected by purposive sampling technique according to inclusion criteria, and randomly designate into two groups; register either in control (60) or study (60) group. The data was collected by using 1) Structured interviews questionnaire in Arabic to assess personal data characteristic of children and parent; 2) knowledge assessment tool (pre/post) to assess parent’s knowledge regarding aromatherapy treatment and pain management after children vaccination;3) beliefs and attitudes of parent assessment tool;4) procedural pain assessment tools which included two parts, the first portion was Modified Behavioral Pain Scale (MBPS) , developed by (Taddio et al, 1995)and the second portion was Cry duration in seconds. The data was collected between a period of august 2019 and January 2020. Results: A significant improvement was in total knowledge about aroma treatment and pain management after vaccination among children’s parent in posttest as compared to pretest assessment (p < 0.0001). A significant improvement was in total mean scores of MBPS components in study group with lavender oil massage during five minutes after vaccine injection as compared to control group with highly statistically significant (p < 0. 001). A significant improvement was in the total mean cry duration in study group as compared to control group with highly statistically significant (p < 0. 001). Conclusion: Aromatherapy parents’ education, leg massage by lavender oil was found efficient in alleviating vaccine injection pain. Recommendation: Applying Aromatherapy Education programs for new parents in all pediatric primary health care centers to increase parents’ awareness about vaccine injection pain alleviation.