The effects of lavender essential oil aromatherapy on anxiety and depression in haemodialysis patients

Bagheri-Nesami, Masoumeh; Shorofi, Seyed Afshin; Nikkhah, Attieh; Espahbodi, Fatemeh

doi:10.18869/acadpub.pbr.3.1.8

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“…The intervention in these studies was inhalation aromatherapy 27,[36][37][38][39][40][41][42] or aromatherapy massage 35,40 with lavender. Aromatherapy with lavender essential oil was conducted on the patients suffering from migraine, 41 patients with the acute coronary syndrome, 35 patients undergoing hemodialysis, 27,39 community-dwelling older adults, 36,40 and postpartum depression. 37,38,40 Depression was measured by different scales, including Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Depression Anxiety Stress Scales-21, Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression (CES-D) Scale, and Edinburgh Anxiety Questionnaire and Stress Scale.…”

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“…37,38,40 Depression was measured by different scales, including Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Depression Anxiety Stress Scales-21, Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression (CES-D) Scale, and Edinburgh Anxiety Questionnaire and Stress Scale. The results obtained from studies showed the positive effect of aromatherapy with lavender essential oil on depression, 27,[35][36][37][38][39][40] whereas some studies did not report the positive effect of aromatherapy with lavender on depression significantly. 41,42 Other details are presented in Table 1.…”

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“…Overall, the possible reasons for the differences in the results of the studies in terms of severity of decreasing depression may be related to the differences in definition of cases, randomization, blinding and sample size determination. In the reviewed studies, participations were not homogeneous (migraine patients, 41 acute coronary syndrome patients, 35 hemodialysis patients, 27,39 community-dwelling older adults, 36,40 and postpartum depression). 37,38,40 Also, randomization was done in almost all studies, 27,[35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42] whereas blinding was performed in only two studies.…”

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“…In the reviewed studies, participations were not homogeneous (migraine patients, 41 acute coronary syndrome patients, 35 hemodialysis patients, 27,39 community-dwelling older adults, 36,40 and postpartum depression). 37,38,40 Also, randomization was done in almost all studies, 27,[35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42] whereas blinding was performed in only two studies. 38,42 On the other hand, although according to the review of the studies, sample size calculation in most of the studies was done based on the sample size formula or an acceptable method for estimating the sample size, but sample size in some of the studies was small or moderate thus, it seems that further large clinical trials with larger sample size are needed to provide more accurate evidence.…”

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“…Mechanism of this plant on the cell surface is not completely known, but it has been reported that this plant probably had a similar function to benzodiazepines and increased GABA (gamma aminobutyric acid) in the amygdala. 34 On the other hand, the review of the available databases showed that although some studies have reported the positive effects of aromatherapy with lavender on depression, 27,[35][36][37][38][39][40] but some others have reported reverse results. 41,42 Thus, considering the presence of contradictions in this field, lavender's application to improving depression is still being argued.…”

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A Systematic Review of the Effects of Aromatherapy with Lavender Essential Oil on Depression

Jafari-Koulaee

Elyasi

Taraghi

et al. 2020

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Introduction: Depression is considered as one of the most serious health issues worldwide, and the search for the most effective and safe treatments for depression is essential. Aromatherapy with lavender have attracted the attention of many researchers due to their low cost and ease of use, so this study was conducted to review of the effects of aromatherapy with lavender essential oil on depression.Methods: This systematic review study was conducted by searching the databases (SID, Magiran, Google-Scholar, Medline via PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science) by using the keywords such as depression, Lavandula, Lavender, and Aromatherapy, as well as applying OR and AND operators to the end of January 1, 2020 A.D. The inclusion criteria were: 1) Interventional studies that determined keywords were in the title or keywords of the article, 2) aromatherapy was conducted through inhalation or massage, 3) the full text of paper was accessible, and 4) published in English or Persian. Finally, the information obtained from articles was extracted using a checklist.Results: Out of 278 studies, 9 studies were included to the systematic review process after screening and eliminating duplicate papers according to the purpose of the study. Aromatherapy with lavender essential oil was conducted on the patients suffering from migraine, patients with the acute coronary syndrome, patients undergoing hemodialysis, community-dwelling older adult, and postpartum depression. The results obtained from some studies showed the positive effect of aromatherapy with lavender essential oil on depression whereas some studies did not report the effect of aromatherapy with lavender on depression significantly.Conclusion: It seems that aromatherapy with lavender probably can be used as a complementary, simple, and inexpensive method to improve mild and moderate depression. It is recommended to earmark using a collaborative approach and make use of interdisciplinary and psychology specialists as well as complementary medicine in applying aromatherapy with lavender essential oil.

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