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ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2016

The Clinical Effects of Aromatherapy Massage on Reducing Pain for the Cancer Patients: Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.

Ting-Hao Chen, Tao-Hsin Tung, Pei-Shih Chen, Shu-Hui Wang, Chuang-Min Chao, Nan-Hsing Hsiung, Ching-Chi Chi

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Article in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Massage for Pain: An Evidence Map.Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.) · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Ting-Hao ChenDepartment of Public Health, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan.
Tao-Hsin TungDepartment of Medical Research and Education, Cheng Hsin General Hospital, Taipei 112, Taiwan; Faculty of Public Health, School of Medicine, Fu Jen Catholic University, Taipei 242, Taiwan.
Pei-Shih ChenDepartment of Public Health, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan.
Shu-Hui WangDepartment of Dermatology, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei 220, Taiwan.
Chuang-Min ChaoDepartment of Business Management, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei 106, Taiwan.
Nan-Hsing HsiungCollege of Management, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei 106, Taiwan.
Ching-Chi ChiDepartment of Dermatology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chiayi 613, Taiwan; College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan.
Kaohsiung Medical University · TWNational Taipei University of Technology · TWChang Gung University · TWFaculty of Public Health · GBFar Eastern Memorial Hospital · TW

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose. Aromatherapy massage is an alternative treatment in reducing the pain of the cancer patients. This study was to investigate whether aromatherapy massage could improve the pain of the cancer patients. Methods. We searched PubMed and Cochrane Library for relevant randomized controlled trials without language limitations between 1 January 1990 and 31 July 2015 with a priori defined inclusion and exclusion criteria. The search terms included aromatherapy, essential oil, pain, ache, cancer, tumor, and carcinoma. There were 7 studies which met the selection criteria and 3 studies were eventually included among 63 eligible publications. Results. This meta-analysis included three randomized controlled trials with a total of 278 participants (135 participants in the massage with essential oil group and 143 participants in the control (usual care) group). Compared with the control group, the massage with essential oil group had nonsignificant effect on reducing the pain (standardized mean difference = 0.01; 95% CI [-0.23,0.24]). Conclusion. Aromatherapy massage does not appear to reduce pain of the cancer patients. Further rigorous studies should be conducted with more objective measures.

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