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Aromatherapy for Postpartum Depression: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

OBJECTIVE: The incidence and prevalence of postpartum depression is increasing due to multiple factors. Aromatherapy is a widely used complementary and alternative (CAM) therapy in the management of depression. This systematic review and meta-analysis was done to find the effect of aromatherapy on p...

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Autores principales: Shamsunisha, Yusuff, Arunesh, Aishwarya, Pandiaraja, Muthupandi, Venugopal, Vijayakumar, Poonguzhali, Shanmugam, Kuppusamy, Maheshkumar
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Publicado: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10394491/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37538225
http://dx.doi.org/10.18502/jfrh.v17i1.11970
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author Shamsunisha, Yusuff
Arunesh, Aishwarya
Pandiaraja, Muthupandi
Venugopal, Vijayakumar
Poonguzhali, Shanmugam
Kuppusamy, Maheshkumar
author_facet Shamsunisha, Yusuff
Arunesh, Aishwarya
Pandiaraja, Muthupandi
Venugopal, Vijayakumar
Poonguzhali, Shanmugam
Kuppusamy, Maheshkumar
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description OBJECTIVE: The incidence and prevalence of postpartum depression is increasing due to multiple factors. Aromatherapy is a widely used complementary and alternative (CAM) therapy in the management of depression. This systematic review and meta-analysis was done to find the effect of aromatherapy on postpartum depression. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Electronic databases like PubMed, Scopus, Cochrane Library and Science Direct since inception till February 2021 were searched using related keywords to obtain eligible studies. Randomised controlled trial studies (RCTs) reporting the effects of aromatherapy therapy in women with postpartum depression were included. Aromatherapy studies conducted on population other than postpartum women were excluded. The primary outcome was depression scores obtained by using valid depression scales. Meta-analysis was performed using the random-effects model of Der Simonian and Laird to produce summary treatment effects in terms of Hedges’ g effect sizes with 95% confidence interval (CI). RESULTS: A total of 4 RCTs (n=303) were included. The results indicate that aromatherapy (Hedges’ g =−0.94, 95 CI= −2.55, 0.61, I(2)=88%, p<0.01) reduces depression levels among postpartum women without statistical significance. CONCLUSION: The available evidences suggest aromatherapy may be effective in reducing post-partum depression. The number of scientific evidences currently available are very limited and more studies with robust study designs are required to strongly recommend aromatherapy in the management of post-partum depressions. However, being a safer intervention with no adverse effects being reported in previous studies, aromatherapy could definitely be added as an effective complementary therapy in the management of post-partum depression along with conventional medicine.
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spelling pubmed-103944912023-08-03 Aromatherapy for Postpartum Depression: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Shamsunisha, Yusuff Arunesh, Aishwarya Pandiaraja, Muthupandi Venugopal, Vijayakumar Poonguzhali, Shanmugam Kuppusamy, Maheshkumar J Family Reprod Health Review Article OBJECTIVE: The incidence and prevalence of postpartum depression is increasing due to multiple factors. Aromatherapy is a widely used complementary and alternative (CAM) therapy in the management of depression. This systematic review and meta-analysis was done to find the effect of aromatherapy on postpartum depression. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Electronic databases like PubMed, Scopus, Cochrane Library and Science Direct since inception till February 2021 were searched using related keywords to obtain eligible studies. Randomised controlled trial studies (RCTs) reporting the effects of aromatherapy therapy in women with postpartum depression were included. Aromatherapy studies conducted on population other than postpartum women were excluded. The primary outcome was depression scores obtained by using valid depression scales. Meta-analysis was performed using the random-effects model of Der Simonian and Laird to produce summary treatment effects in terms of Hedges’ g effect sizes with 95% confidence interval (CI). RESULTS: A total of 4 RCTs (n=303) were included. The results indicate that aromatherapy (Hedges’ g =−0.94, 95 CI= −2.55, 0.61, I(2)=88%, p<0.01) reduces depression levels among postpartum women without statistical significance. CONCLUSION: The available evidences suggest aromatherapy may be effective in reducing post-partum depression. The number of scientific evidences currently available are very limited and more studies with robust study designs are required to strongly recommend aromatherapy in the management of post-partum depressions. However, being a safer intervention with no adverse effects being reported in previous studies, aromatherapy could definitely be added as an effective complementary therapy in the management of post-partum depression along with conventional medicine. Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2023-03 /pmc/articles/PMC10394491/ /pubmed/37538225 http://dx.doi.org/10.18502/jfrh.v17i1.11970 Text en Copyright © 2023 Tehran University of Medical Sciences. Published by Tehran University of Medical Sciences. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Shamsunisha, Yusuff
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Pandiaraja, Muthupandi
Venugopal, Vijayakumar
Poonguzhali, Shanmugam
Kuppusamy, Maheshkumar
Aromatherapy for Postpartum Depression: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
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title_fullStr Aromatherapy for Postpartum Depression: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
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title_short Aromatherapy for Postpartum Depression: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10394491/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37538225
http://dx.doi.org/10.18502/jfrh.v17i1.11970
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