BACKGROUND Asthma and rhinosinusitis are common medical conditions among adults. Alternative treatments could have important impacts on health status among those individuals with these conditions, but specific prevalence data for these treatments are limited. OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence of specific alternative treatment modalities, including herbal agents, ingestion of caffeinated be...

Individuals in emotional distress are often treated with psychotherapeutic agents, but other treatment options exist. One safe and effective adjunct for the prevention and treatment of emotional distress is aromatherapy. This article describes the physiological effects of scent, reviews the research on aromatherapy, presents practical information on the use of clinical aromatherapy for emotiona...

The physical and mental health of an aging society has become a major issue, stress reduction the improvement are important issues for middle-aged elderly people. This research sought to explore application aromatherapy levels, as well other issues, that concern in community. was based on intentional sampling. A pre- post-test design with unequal groups employed. experimental treatments were di...

OBJECTIVES Two controlled trials of aromatherapy to decrease agitation in persons with dementia have recently produced promising results. However, both studies combined the use of essential oils with massage. Thus, it is unclear if the effect of the aromatherapy intervention was the result of smelling or the cutaneous absorption of the oils. The purpose of this study was to determine whether sm...

conclusions lavender oil massage was effective to improve rls in hemodialysis patients. it has no adverse effects, is practical and cost-effective. it is suggested to be used along with routine treatment of rls in hemodialysis patients. results the mean rls scores were not significantly different in the two groups at the start of study (22.41 ± 7.67 vs. 22.90 ± 4.38, p = 0.76). at the end of st...

Hemodialysis is a process of cleaning the blood outside body that involves taking from vessel with dialyzer. Patients undergoing hemodialysis often experience decrease in quality their sleep. Sleep can be improved by non-pharmacological measures, namely foot massage. Foot massage felt better aromatherapy oil. This study aims to identify effect oil on sleep patients hemodialysis. quasi-experimen...