Trial reportJournal of cancer research and clinical oncology2017
Aroma oil therapy in palliative care: a pilot study with physiological parameters in conscious as well as unconscious patients.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 37 citations in OpenAlex.
- Complementary therapy in palliative care: A synthesis of qualitative and quantitative systematic reviews.Palliative medicine · 2020Pooled it
- The effectiveness of aromatherapy, massage and reflexology in people with palliative care needs: A systematic review.Palliative medicine · 2020Pooled it
- Effect of olfactory stimulation from aromatherapy on the autonomic nervous activity during aerobic exercises.Scientific reports · 2024Trial
- Increase in diastolic blood pressure induced by fragrance inhalation of grapefruit essential oil is positively correlated with muscle sympathetic nerve activity.The journal of physiological sciences : JPS · 2020Trial
- Intranasal essential oils in therapy: advances in clinical applications and delivery mechanisms.Journal of traditional Chinese medicine = Chung i tsa chih ying wen pan · 2026Review
- Using an aromatherapy intervention withInternational journal of nursing sciences · 2025Article
- Cybernetic Principles in Psychophysiology: Their Significance and Conclusions for Palliative Care.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- The Effects of Essential Oils on the Nervous System: A Scoping Review.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Citrus Essential Oils in Aromatherapy: Therapeutic Effects and Mechanisms.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Essential Oils and Health.The Yale journal of biology and medicine · 2020Review
- Exploration of Floral Volatile Organic Compounds in Six TypicalPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe aim of this pilot study is to analyze the reactions of healthy test persons and conscious as well as unconscious palliative patients to aroma stimuli. PATIENTS AND
methodsIn a randomized controlled study, healthy probands, conscious and unconscious palliative patients were exposed to two essential oils (lemon, lavender). Water was used as the control stimulus. Physiological parameters (breathing rate and heart rate, oxygen saturation, systolic, diastolic and mean arterial pressure) were measured.
results10 test persons (control group), 15 conscious patients and 5 unconscious palliative patients were exposed to the stimuli. Healthy test persons reacted to lemon oil with a significant increase in respiration rate, heart rate and diastolic blood pressure, whereas to lavender oil with a significant decrease in respiration rate was measured. There were no significant reactions concerning the other parameters. Conscious and unconscious patients reacted with a significant increase in all measured parameters to lemon oil and with a significant decrease in all parameters except for oxygen saturation to lavender oil. No significant differences in the reactions were measured between the conscious and unconscious patients and no significant reactions to control stimuli were detected. All physiological reactions were very short and only detectable during stimulus presentation.
conclusionSignificant physiological reactions were measured after simulation with aroma oils in all three groups in this study. Healthy probands showed different reactions than palliative patients irrespective to their conscious state.
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