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The effects of aromatherapy massage on improvement of anxiety among patients receiving palliative care: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials

BACKGROUND: Anxiety in patients receiving palliative care is a noteworthy concern because it may affect their quality of life. Aromatherapy has been widely utilized to improve anxiety among patients receiving palliative care. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effectiveness of anxiety improvement in pati...

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Autores principales: Hsu, Chia-Hsien, Chi, Ching-Chi, Chen, Pei-Shih, Wang, Shu-Hui, Tung, Tao-Hsin, Wu, Shih-Chung
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Publicado: Wolters Kluwer Health 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6831411/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30817616
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000014720
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author Hsu, Chia-Hsien
Chi, Ching-Chi
Chen, Pei-Shih
Wang, Shu-Hui
Tung, Tao-Hsin
Wu, Shih-Chung
author_facet Hsu, Chia-Hsien
Chi, Ching-Chi
Chen, Pei-Shih
Wang, Shu-Hui
Tung, Tao-Hsin
Wu, Shih-Chung
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description BACKGROUND: Anxiety in patients receiving palliative care is a noteworthy concern because it may affect their quality of life. Aromatherapy has been widely utilized to improve anxiety among patients receiving palliative care. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effectiveness of anxiety improvement in patients receiving palliative care by comparing the intervention group (aromatherapy massage) with the control group (common massage alone). METHODS: A literature search was performed using PubMed, Cochrane Library, Embase, MEDLINE, and CINAHL for all related studies from inception through November 30, 2018 without restriction on language. A quantitative synthesis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) was conducted to compare the difference in effectiveness scores between the aromatherapy massage and only common massage groups by employing a random-effect model. RESULTS: We included three RCTs with a total of 160 participants (81 in the intervention group and 79 in the control group) in our systematic review and conducted a quantitative synthesis. The secondary data from the reviewed trials were then pooled using a random-effect model. Anxiety (mean difference = −2.60 [95% confidence interval: −7.82, 2.63], P = .33) was assessed using anxiety scores from the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. CONCLUSION: Compared with common massage alone, aromatherapy massage does not provide significant effectiveness of anxiety improvement among patients receiving palliative care.
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spelling pubmed-68314112019-11-19 The effects of aromatherapy massage on improvement of anxiety among patients receiving palliative care: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials Hsu, Chia-Hsien Chi, Ching-Chi Chen, Pei-Shih Wang, Shu-Hui Tung, Tao-Hsin Wu, Shih-Chung Medicine (Baltimore) 4400 BACKGROUND: Anxiety in patients receiving palliative care is a noteworthy concern because it may affect their quality of life. Aromatherapy has been widely utilized to improve anxiety among patients receiving palliative care. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effectiveness of anxiety improvement in patients receiving palliative care by comparing the intervention group (aromatherapy massage) with the control group (common massage alone). METHODS: A literature search was performed using PubMed, Cochrane Library, Embase, MEDLINE, and CINAHL for all related studies from inception through November 30, 2018 without restriction on language. A quantitative synthesis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) was conducted to compare the difference in effectiveness scores between the aromatherapy massage and only common massage groups by employing a random-effect model. RESULTS: We included three RCTs with a total of 160 participants (81 in the intervention group and 79 in the control group) in our systematic review and conducted a quantitative synthesis. The secondary data from the reviewed trials were then pooled using a random-effect model. Anxiety (mean difference = −2.60 [95% confidence interval: −7.82, 2.63], P = .33) was assessed using anxiety scores from the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. CONCLUSION: Compared with common massage alone, aromatherapy massage does not provide significant effectiveness of anxiety improvement among patients receiving palliative care. Wolters Kluwer Health 2019-03-01 /pmc/articles/PMC6831411/ /pubmed/30817616 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000014720 Text en Copyright © 2019 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (CCBY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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Hsu, Chia-Hsien
Chi, Ching-Chi
Chen, Pei-Shih
Wang, Shu-Hui
Tung, Tao-Hsin
Wu, Shih-Chung
The effects of aromatherapy massage on improvement of anxiety among patients receiving palliative care: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials
title The effects of aromatherapy massage on improvement of anxiety among patients receiving palliative care: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials
title_full The effects of aromatherapy massage on improvement of anxiety among patients receiving palliative care: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials
title_fullStr The effects of aromatherapy massage on improvement of anxiety among patients receiving palliative care: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials
title_full_unstemmed The effects of aromatherapy massage on improvement of anxiety among patients receiving palliative care: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials
title_short The effects of aromatherapy massage on improvement of anxiety among patients receiving palliative care: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials
title_sort effects of aromatherapy massage on improvement of anxiety among patients receiving palliative care: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials
topic 4400
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6831411/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30817616
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000014720
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