Comparing the Effects of Lavender Aromatherapy and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy on Sexual Function in Women in Iran

Nursing for Women''s Health Pub Date : 2024-10-01 DOI:10.1016/j.nwh.2024.03.006

Zahra Teimori, Firoozeh Mirzaee, Masumeh Ghazanfarpour, Maryam Azimi, Atefeh Ahmadi, Arghavan Javadi

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Abstract

Objective

To compare the effects of aromatherapy with lavender and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for sexuality (MBCT-S) on female sexual function.

Design

Randomized controlled trial.

Setting

Health centers in Roudan city, Iran.

Participants

Sixty married women, ages 18 to 45 years, were recruited using the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI). Participants were selected from health centers in 2022 via convenience sampling.

Intervention and Measurements

Upon their completion of a demographic checklist and the FSFI as a pretest, participants were divided into three groups, including lavender aromatherapy (n = 20), MBCT-S (n = 20), and control (n = 20) through random selection with permutation blocks. All groups completed FSFI as a posttest. Data were analyzed by SPSS 26 using chi-square, Wilcoxon, Kruskal–Wallis, and Mann–Whitney statistical tests.

Results

There was no statistically significant difference among the three groups before the intervention (p = .652), but there was a significant difference among them after the intervention (p = .001). There was a significantly positive difference between the intervention groups and the control group (p < .001). A significant relationship was observed among the three groups in sexual desire, pain, satisfaction, lubrication, and arousal. The mean scores of the posttest in sexual desire, pain, satisfaction, and lubrication were positively higher in the MBCT-S group than in the aromatherapy group, and both intervention groups showed the same effect for sexual arousal. Aromatherapy and counseling had no significant effect on improving sexual orgasm.

Conclusion

MBCT-S can be used to improve many aspects of female sexual function, except for orgasm disorders; aromatherapy may improve sexual arousal.

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比较薰衣草芳香疗法和正念认知疗法对伊朗妇女性功能的影响。

目的比较薰衣草芳香疗法和基于正念的性认知疗法（MBCT-S）对女性性功能的影响：随机对照试验：参与者：60 名已婚女性，年龄在 18 岁至 35 岁之间：使用女性性功能指数（FSFI）招募了 60 名 18 至 45 岁的已婚女性。干预措施和测量结果：在完成人口统计核对表和作为前测的 FSFI 后，通过随机选择和排列组合将参与者分为三组，包括薰衣草芳香疗法组（n = 20）、MBCT-S 组（n = 20）和对照组（n = 20）。所有组别均完成 FSFI 后测。数据由 SPSS 26 使用卡方、Wilcoxon、Kruskal-Wallis 和 Mann-Whitney 统计检验进行分析：干预前，三组之间没有统计学意义上的显著差异（p = .652），但干预后，三组之间存在显著差异（p = .001）。干预组与对照组之间存在明显的正差异（p < .001）。在性欲、疼痛、满意度、润滑度和唤醒度方面，三组之间存在明显的关系。MBCT-S 组在性欲、疼痛、满意度和润滑方面的后测平均分均高于芳香疗法组，而两组在性唤起方面的干预效果相同。芳香疗法和心理咨询对提高性高潮没有明显效果：除性高潮障碍外，MBCT-S 可用于改善女性性功能的多个方面；芳香疗法可改善性唤起。

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