effects of aromatherapy and its application bahraini s1, naji sa*2, mannani r3 received: 16 july, 2010 accepted: 25oct, 2010 abstract background & aims: clinical aromatherapy is the use of aromatic oils to treat or relieve some physical and mental disorders which has been accepted as holistic nursing care. we aimed to present some effects of aromatherapy that have been proven through various st...

INTRODUCTION Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) is a major concern for patients having surgery under general anesthesia as it causes subjective distress along with increased complications and delays in discharge from the hospital. Aromatherapy represents a complementary and alternative therapy for the management of PONV. PURPOSE The objective of this study was to compare the effectivene...

BACKGROUND Aromatherapy and hand massage therapies have been reported to have some benefit for people with dementia who display behavioural symptoms; however there are a number of limitations of reported studies. The aim is to investigate the effect of aromatherapy (3% lavender oil spray) with and without hand massage on disruptive behaviour in people with dementia living in long-term care. M...

PURPOSE To test the effectiveness of supplementing usual supportive care with aromatherapy massage in the management of anxiety and depression in cancer patients through a pragmatic two-arm randomized controlled trial in four United Kingdom cancer centers and a hospice. PATIENTS AND METHODS Two hundred eighty-eight cancer patients, referred to complementary therapy services with clinical anxi...

The sedative properties of the essential oil of Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia Miller) and of its main constituents--linalool and linalyl acetate--were investigated in mice followed up in a series of experimental procedures. The significant decrease in the motility of female and male laboratory animals under standardized experimental conditions is found to be closely dependent on the exposure...

BACKGROUND Pain is a major problem in patients after cesarean and medication such as aromatherapy which is a complementary therapy, in which the essences of the plants oils are used to reduce such undesirable conditions. OBJECTIVES In this study, the effect of aromatherapy using Lavender (Lavandula) essential oil on cesarean postoperative pain was assessed. MATERIALS AND METHODS In a triple...

The goal of this study is to examine the effects of aromatherapy massage on sleep quality of nurses with monthly rotating night shifts. Subjects were enrolled at a medical center in central Taiwan with overall score ≥ 5 of Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and randomly assigned to the treatment or control groups. They were validated by pretests during their first graveyard shift in the tria...

This study of 513 mothers aimed to determine the feasibility of conducting a randomized controlled trial on the use of aromatherapy during labor as a care option that could improve maternal and neonatal outcomes. Pain perception was reduced in the aromatherapy group for nulliparae (first time delivery of a child). There were no associated adverse effects of using EO’s on maternal or neonatal ou...

In Present study the antinociceptive and the gastroprotective effects of orally administered or inhaled Thevetia peruviana Pers. K. (Schum) (Oleander) volatile oil, and its principal constituents linalool and 1,8-cineole were evaluated in mice. Either when orally administered (100μl/kg) or inhaled for 60 min Thevetia peruviana volatile oil significantly reduced the acetic acid-writhing response...