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ArticleInternational journal of therapeutic massage & bodywork2022

Effect of Aromatherapy Massage on Depression and Anxiety of Elderly Adults: a Randomized Controlled Trial.

Shima Mehrabian, Batool Tirgari, Mansooreh Azizzadeh Forouzi, Haleh Tajadini, Yunes Jahani

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Article in International journal of therapeutic massage & bodywork, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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11 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Shima MehrabianNursing Research Center. Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
Batool TirgariNursing Research Center. Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
Mansooreh Azizzadeh ForouziNursing Research Center. Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
Haleh TajadiniNeuroscience Research Center, Institute of Neuropharmacology, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
Yunes JahaniModelling in Health Research Center, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
Kerman University of Medical Sciences · IR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: This study investigated the effect of aromatherapy massage with lavender, chamomile, and rosemary oils on the depression and anxiety of elderly adults living in nursing homes. Methods: This randomized controlled trail was conducted on elderly adults living in nursing homes in Kerman, Iran. Through convenience sampling, 38 elderly adults were recruited and assessed using demographic questionnaire and Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale (HADS), respectively. Then, elderly adults were randomly allocated to either a control (19) or an intervention (19) group through block randomization. Elderly adults in the intervention group received aromatherapy massage using lavender, chamomile, and rosemary. Each massage session lasted 20 min and was performed three times per week for two three-week periods with an intervening one-week break, while their counterparts in the control group solely received routine nursing homes care services. HADS Scale completed with repeated measurements before the intervention, at the end of the third week, at the beginning of the fifth week and at the end of the seventh week. Results: According to the results, mean anxiety in the intervention group went from 11.9 ± 4 to 6.26 ± 3.38 ( Conclusion: Aromatherapy massage with lavender, chamomile, and rosemary oils is effective in significantly reducing anxiety and depression of elderly adults living in the nursing homes.

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anxietyaromatherapy massagedepressionelderly

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