Introduction: Traumatic nipple is among the most common
problems of the breastfeeding period which leads to early cessation of breastfeeding. The
study aimed to compare the effects of the lanolin, peppermint, and dexpanthenol creams on
the treatment of traumatic nipples.
Methods: This double-blind randomized controlled trial was
carried out on 126 breastfeeding mothers. The mothers had visited at the health centers
and children’s hospitals in Sanandaj City. The selected participants were randomly divided
into the following three groups of lanolin, peppermint, and dexpanthenol cream groups.
Nipple pain was measured using the Store scale while trauma was measured with the Champion
scale. Analyses were carried out through the Kruskal–Wallis test, Chi-square, ANOVA, and
repeated measures ANOVA by using SPSS software ver. 13.
Results: The result showed that the mean score of nipple
pain and nipple trauma at the prior to intervention stage, third, seventh, and fourteenth
days of intervention was not significantly different between three groups. But, repeated
measures ANOVA showed a significant difference in comparison of the four time periods of
intervention in each group.
Conclusion: Results of this study revealed that the lanolin,
peppermint, and dexpanthenol medicines had similar therapeutic effects on traumatic
nipple.