ArticleJournal of menopausal medicine2018
Effect of Aromatherapy on the Treatment of Psychological Symptoms in Postmenopausal and Elderly Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
Article in Journal of menopausal medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04324216 (Effectiveness of a Combination of Three-dimensional Virtual Reality and Hands-on Aromatherapy in Improving Institutionalized Older Adults' Psychological Health), which is not on this map. Cited by 8 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Effectiveness of a Combination of Three-dimensional Virtual Reality and Hands-on Aromatherapy in Improving Institutionalized Older Adults' Psychological Health
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 25 citations in OpenAlex.
- Aromatherapy for the Management of Menopause Symptoms: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Journal of caring sciences · 2025Pooled it
- The Effects of Aromatherapy on Anxiety and Depression in People With Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2022Pooled it
- Astragalin attenuates depression-like behaviors and memory deficits and promotes M2 microglia polarization by regulating IL-4R/JAK1/STAT6 signaling pathway in a murine model of perimenopausal depression.Psychopharmacology · 2022Article
- Menopause symptoms in women and its relation with using complementary and alternative medicines: A survey in southeast Iran.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- EEG Revealed That Fragrances Positively Affect Menopausal Symptoms in Mid-life Women.Experimental neurobiology · 2020Article
- Combination of 3-Dimensional Virtual Reality and Hands-On Aromatherapy in Improving Institutionalized Older Adults' Psychological Health: Quasi-Experimental Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Article
- A Systematic Review of the Effects of Aromatherapy with Lavender Essential Oil on Depression.Central Asian journal of global health · 2020Review
- Antidepressive Effects of Kamishoyosan through 5-HT1AReceptor and PKA-CREB-BDNF Signaling in the Hippocampus in Postmenopausal Depression-Model Mice.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo critically assess the effect of aromatherapy on the psychological symptoms as noted in the postmenopausal and elderly women.
methodsThree following databases were systematically searched: MEDLINE, Scopus and Cochrane Library (Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials) from inception to January 2018. The search keywords included 'menopause' AND (aromatherapy), without language restrictions.
resultsIn this study, 4 trials were included which fit into our systematic review. The findings demonstrated that the aromatherapy massage have significantly improved psychological symptoms in menopausal and elderly women as compared to the control group (standardized mean difference [SMD] = -1.24; 95% confidence interval, -0.188 to -0.606;
conclusionsThe aromatherapy may be beneficial in attenuating the psychological symptoms that these women may experience, such as anxiety and depression, but it is not considered as an effective treatment to manage nervousness symptom among menopausal women. This finding should be observed in light of study limitations.
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