ArticleJournal of menopausal medicine2019
Effect of Lavender on Sleep, Sexual Desire, Vasomotor, Psychological and Physical Symptom among Menopausal and Elderly Women: A Systematic Review.
Article in Journal of menopausal medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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4 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 24 citations in OpenAlex.
- Aromatherapy for the Management of Menopause Symptoms: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Journal of caring sciences · 2025Pooled it
- Therapeutic efficacy of botanicals in psychological disorders in menopausal women: a systematic and scoping review.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2025Pooled it
- Effects of Non-Pharmacological Sleep Interventions in Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Pooled it
- Aromatherapy and Essential Oils: Holistic Strategies in Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Integral Wellbeing.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
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Authors and funding
6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
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Abstract
objectivesThe present systematic review was conducted to compare the effect of lavender on the quality of sleep, sexual desire, and vasomotor, psychological and physical symptoms among menopausal and elderly women.
methodsThere were five electronic databases which selected to search respective articles which included were Scopus, PubMed, Web of Science, Google Scholar, and the Cochrane Library without any language restriction since the study inception to March 10, 2018. The quality of studies was assessed in accordance with a jaded scale.
resultsAccording to three trials, the lavender as utilized in a capsule form or aromatherapy could significantly improve the measured Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index score (
conclusionsThe results suggested the effectiveness of the use of lavender either in capsule form or aromatherapy on the improved quality of sleep, depression, anxiety, sexual desire, and psychological and physical symptoms. These results, however, should be interpreted with caution considering the limitations of the study.
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