In universe of the research; Pregnant women who applied to Adana Seyhan State Hospital's Marsa Gynecology and Obstetrics Additional Service Building and Obstetrics Service and Delivery Room between the dates of the study, accepted to participate in the study voluntarily and who met the research conditions included. Numbers 1-2 of a 6-sided dice determined by the dice rolling system formed the control group (40 pregnant), numbers 3-4 were lavender oil inhalation group (44 pregnant), and numbers 5-6 were lavender oil massage group (37 pregnant).~The research was carried out in three stages for the experimental groups and control groups. First stage; Informed Voluntary Consent Form and Questionnaire were applied to the pregnant women whose groups were determined by the chosen randomization method. Afterwards, for the experimental groups according to the group; 10-minute training sessions were given on the inhalation method or massage method with aromatic lavender essential oil. In the second stage; Data were recorded by dividing the first phase of labor into 3 phases for each group. Visual Analog Pain Scale and McGill Melzack Pain Questionnaire were applied to the experimental groups 6 times, before and 30 minutes after the application. At this stage, no application was made in the control group, the Visual Analog Pain Scales and McGill Melzack Pain Questionnaire were applied at the beginning of each phase, the same forms were repeated after 30 minutes and the data were recorded 6 times in total. In the third stage; In the postpartum period, the study was completed by applying the Postpartum Period Information Collection Form by face-to-face interviews with the experimental groups and the pregnant women in the control group.
The study was planned as a randomized controlled trial to determine the effect of lavender oil applied to primiparous women by inhalation and massage methods on labor pain.