Effects of Aromatherapy on Childbirth: a pragmatic preference trial

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTII

DECLARATIONIII

LIST OF TABLESVI

LIST OF FIGURESVII

CHAPTER # 2: METHODOLOGY51

2.1Research Design- Pragmatic Randomised Control Trial51

2.2Procedure52

2.3Data Collection and Research Instrument53

2.4Essential oils53

2.5Research Participants54

2.5.1 Inclusion Criteria54

2.5.2 Exclusion Criteria54

2.5.3 Recruitment of Women55

2.5.4 Recruitment of Midwives for Interviews56

2.6Data Analysis56

2.7Ethical and Regulatory Aspects57

2.8Reliability and Validity58

CHAPTER # 3: RESULTS AND FINDINGS63

3.1Analysis of Before Labour Questionnaire63

3.1.1 Questionnaire Analysis63

3.2Analysis of After Labour Questionnaire69

3.2.1 Effects of Aromatherapy on Childbirth69

3.2.1.1 How did you find your labour?69

3.2.1.2 Who was with you during your labour?70

3.2.1.3 How did your birthing partner/s help you?70

3.3Analysis of Midwife Interview72

3.3.1 Themes72

3.3.1.1 Utilization of Complementary Therapies72

3.3.1.2 Utilization of Complementary Therapies as Midwife73

3.3.1.3 Therapies which you recommend to your Colleague in their Clinical Practice73

3.3.1.4 The Response of Women if you recommend Complementary Therapy74

3.3.1.5 Benefits of Using Complementary Therapies74

3.3.1.6 Drawbacks of Using Complementary Therapies76

3.3.1.7 Main Hurdle in Providing Nationwide Complementary Therapy Care77

3.4T Test78

3.5Hypothesis Testing80

3.6Regression Analysis82

3.6.1 Regression Analysis: Women having aromatherapy84

3.6.2 Regression Analysis: Women having usual care86

3.7Correlation Analysis89

3.7.1 State Anxiety and Trait Anxiety91

3.8Summary97

REFERENCES100

APPENDIX118

Poster118

Information Sheet for Midwives119

Interview questions123

Form A: Before Labour Questionnaire125

Form B: After Labour Questionnaire128

Instruction for Oil130

SPSS OUTPUT131

LIST OF TABLES

Table 1: Have you used any complementary therapies during this pregnancy?63

Table 2: If 'Yes' which ones have you used?64

Table 3: Have you used any complementary therapies at any other time in your life?65

Table 4: If you have used complementary therapies before do you think they've worked?65

Table 5: Do you have any known allergies?66

Table 6: Paired Samples Statistics78

Table 7: Paired Samples Correlations79

Table 8: Paired Samples Test79

Table 9: Paired Samples Test80

Table 10: Paired Samples Test81

Table 11: Model Summary82

Table 12: ANOVAb82

Table 13: Coefficientsa83

Table 14: Model Summaryb84

Table 15: ANOVAb85

Table 16: Coefficientsa85

Table 17: Model Summaryb87

Table 18: ANOVAb87

Table 19: Coefficientsa87

Table 20: Correlations89

LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1: Have you used any complementary therapies at any other time in your life?65

Figure 2: If you have used complementary therapies before do you think they've worked?66

Figure 3: Do you have any known allergies?66

Figure 4: Histogram83

Figure 5: NPP Plot83

Figure 6: Histogram85

Figure 7: NPP Plot86

Figure 8: Histogram88

Figure 9: NPP Plot88

CHAPTER # 2: METHODOLOGY

Research Design- Pragmatic Randomised Control Trial

The research design which is selected for this particular research study is pragmatic randomised control trial by using Brewin-Bradley design. The main focus of this particular research study is to investigate the long term effects of the aromatherapy by using various essential oils among the pregnant women. The mental and physical effects such as anxiety were ...