Comparing the Effects of Lavender Oil and Olive Oil Massage on Pain due to Muscular Cramp during Hemodialysis

Abstract

Pain due to muscular cramp during hemodialysis is one of the most common problems experienced by patients undergoing hemodialysis, and is associated with poor outcomes of patients. The main aim of this study was to compare the effects of lavender oil and olive oil massage on pain due to muscular cramp during hemodialysis. In this randomized clinical trial, 60 hemodialysis patients were selected randomly and the samples were randomly divided into two groups of 30.. The intervention included flora massage on the lower leg muscles so that the first group received lavender oil massage (10 drops) and the second group received olive oil massage (10 drops) for four weeks. Massage duration was 5 minutes and three times within hemodialysis sessions. The collected data was analyzed in SPSS (v.22) using repeated measure ANOVA. Pain due to muscular cramp in the lavender group was significantly less than that of the olive oil group in the 2nd (p>0.001), 3rd (p>0.001), and 4th (P>0.001) weeks of intervention. Pain due to muscular cramp in hemodialysis patients can be attenuated with lower leg massage using olive oil and lavender oil. Lavender oil was more effective than olive oil.