Aromatherapy practice in nursing: literature review

Maddocks, Wendy; Wilkinson, Jenny M.

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2648.2004.03172.x

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“…benzyl alcohol, cinnamyl alcohol, eugenol, isoeugenol, hydroxycitronellal, geraniol and many others (European Parliament, 2002). For this reason, warnings must be printed on the label of essential oils containing these components, and aromatherapy practitioners and massage therapists should be also aware of the potential for these adverse effects -and be equipped to deal with them if they should arise (Maddocks-Jennings and Wilkinson, 2004). At the same time, physicians and other health professionals should be able to differentiate between aesthetic applications of odors and clinical uses of essential oils in order to advise and better inform patients.…”

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Pharmaceutical and therapeutic Potentials of essential oils and their individual volatile constituents: a review

Edris

2007

Phytotherapy Research

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Essential oils and their volatile constituents are used widely to prevent and treat human disease. The possible role and mode of action of these natural products is discussed with regard to the prevention and treatment of cancer, cardiovascular diseases including atherosclerosis and thrombosis, as well as their bioactivity as antibacterial, antiviral, antioxidants and antidiabetic agents. Their application as natural skin penetration enhancers for transdermal drug delivery and the therapeutic properties of essential oils in aroma and massage therapy will also be outlined.

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Section: Massagementioning

confidence: 97%

Pharmaceutical and therapeutic Potentials of essential oils and their individual volatile constituents: a review

Edris

2007

Phytotherapy Research

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“…(including touch therapy) because physical problems, such as lowtemperature burns, may occur in some cases. 4,5,[9][10][11] The mechanism(s) of action of underlying the effects of aromatherapy are not known for certain. In healthy people, essential oils of rosemary and lavender are commonly used and there is at least one report showing that these oils influence feelings about a person's surroundings.…”

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Effect of aromatherapy on patients with Alzheimer's disease

Jimbo

Kimura²,

Taniguchi³

et al. 2009

Psychogeriatrics

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Objective: Recently, the importance of non-pharmacological therapies for dementia has come to the fore. In the present study, we examined the curative effects of aromatherpay in dementia in 28 elderly people, 17 of whom had Alzheimer's disease (AD). Methods: After a control period of 28 days, aromatherapy was performed over the following 28 days, with a wash out period of another 28 days. Aromatherapy consisted of the use of rosemary and lemon essential oils in the morning, and lavender and orange in the evening. To determine the effects of aromatherpay, patients were evaluated using the Japanese version of the Gottfries, Brane, Steen scale (GBSS-J), Functional Assessment Staging of Alzheimer's disease (FAST), a revised version of Hasegawa's Dementia Scale (HDS-R), and the Touch Panel-type Dementia Assessment Scale (TDAS) four times: before the control period, after the control period, after aromatherpay, and after the washout period. Results: All patients showed significant improvement in personal orientation related to cognitive function on both the GBSS-J and TDAS after therapy. In particular, patients with AD showed significant improvement in total TDAS scores. Result of routine laboratory tests showed no significant changes, suggesting that there were no side-effects associated with the use of aromatherapy. Results from Zarit's score showed no significant changes, suggesting that caregivers had no effect on the improved patient scores seen in the other tests. Conclusions:In conclusion, we found aromatherapy an efficacious nonpharmacological therapy for dementia. Aromatherapy may have some potential for improving cognitive function, especially in AD patients.

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“…Thus, adopting safer anxiety management strategies seems essential (10). One of the safest and most cost-effective strategies for anxiety management is complementary therapy, the use of which is progressively increasing in healthcare centers (11). The British Medical Association estimated that 180 kinds of complementary therapies were used in the United Kingdom in 1993.…”

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The Impact of Slow-Stroke Back Massage on Anxiety Among Patients Receiving Hemodialysis: A Randomized Clinical Trial

2016

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Background and Aim: Anxiety is among the commonest psychological problems experienced by patients receiving hemodialysis. One of the anxiety management strategies is complementary therapy. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of slow-stroke back massage on anxiety among hemodialysis patients. Methods: This randomized controlled clinical trial was carried out in a sample of 60 patients. The patients were allocated either to an experimental or a control group through simple random allocation. Patients in the experimental group received a slow-stroke back massage for 10 minutes thrice a week during 4 consecutive weeks, while patients in the control group received routine care services and had no information about the intervention provided to the patients in the experimental group. The level of anxiety was measured using Splielberger's State-trait anxiety inventory at 3 time points, namely, after hemodialysis and before the intervention, 15 days after the intervention, and 30 days after the intervention. Data were entered into SPSS software (v. 16.0) and analyzed through running the repeated measures analysis of variance and the independent-sample t-test. Descriptive statistic measures were used for data description. Results:The repeated measures analysis of variance showed that slow-stroke back massage significantly alleviated state and trait anxiety at 15 and 30 days after the intervention (P < 0.001). Thirty days after the intervention, the means of state anxiety in the experimental and control groups were 34.7 ± 7.4 and 46.2 ± 7.3 while the means of trait anxiety were 35.2 ± 8.4 and 46.2 ± 7.4, respectively. The means of the pretest-posttest mean difference of state anxiety on the 15th and 30th day after the intervention in the experimental group were 10.6 ± 8.5 and 12.8 ± 7.2 while the means of the trait anxiety pretest-posttest mean difference were 7.7 ± 8.2 and 10.7 ± 3.4, respectively. The means of posttest state and trait anxiety in the experimental group were significantly lower than the baseline values (P < 0.001). Conclusions: Using massage therapy programs can positively affect the level of anxiety among patients receiving hemodialysis.

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Aromatherapy practice in nursing: literature review

Abstract: There is great potential for more collaborative research by nurses to explore the clinical applications in greater detail and to move beyond the low dose paradigm of application of essential oils.

Cited by 107 publications

References 115 publications

Pharmaceutical and therapeutic Potentials of essential oils and their individual volatile constituents: a review

Pharmaceutical and therapeutic Potentials of essential oils and their individual volatile constituents: a review

Effect of aromatherapy on patients with Alzheimer's disease

The Impact of Slow-Stroke Back Massage on Anxiety Among Patients Receiving Hemodialysis: A Randomized Clinical Trial

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