Purpose: The purpose of this study was the comparative effects on fatigue and sleep of aroma hand massage vs. hand massage among hospice patients in a hospital. Methods: The design of this study was a nonequivalent comparison group pretest-posttest design. This study was performed from May to December 2012 in a hospice ward. A total of 30 hospice patients in a hospice ward participated in the s...

ABSTRACT Objective: to assess the effect of aromatherapy on anxiety symptoms in women undergoing treatment for breast cancer. Method: a systematic review, carried out from PEOT strategy: what are effects reducing cancer? The research was conducted six databases and eight other data sources. Randomized clinical trials without date language restrictions were included. Results: sample consisted se...

Aromatherapy has become prevalent in complementary and alternative medicine to treat ill conditions. The common substances utilized this type of therapy are essential oils which contains odoriferous compounds. These can be directly applied or thru infusion the closed environmental air. There wide applications aromatherapy from massage therapies up its potential therapeutic utilizations. Across ...

With therapeutic properties based on their chemical composition, essential oils—extracts from herbs, flowers, and other plant materials—have been used to treat symptoms and diseases for thousands of years. However, the term aromatherapy was not used until French chemist Gattefosse published a text in 1936. Clinical aromatherapy is defined as the use of essential oils for therapeutic purposes th...

This study investigated the effects of rose essential oil aromatherapy with a 15-minute neck and shoulder massage as treatment intervention. Forty-two female nurses were assigned to group （n＝20）, which was treated 1% in grapeseed oil, or control （n＝22）, only. The participants’ saliva samples analyzed for chromogranin A biological antioxidant potential levels. Their scores on State-Trait Anxiety...

BACKGROUND The use of aromatherapy in nursing care continues to be popular in many settings. Most of the nursing literature relates to the use of essential oils in low doses for massage or use of the oils as environmental fragrances. Information from the wider literature may add to the evidence base for use of this therapy in nursing. AIM This paper reports a literature relating to the use of...