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ArticlePaediatric & neonatal pain2022

Aromatherapy massage seems effective in critically ill children: an observational before-after study.

Marianne J E van der Heijden, Linda-Anne O'Flaherty, Joost van Rosmalen, Simone de Vos, Mignon McCulloch, Monique van Dijk

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Article in Paediatric & neonatal pain, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3.4field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Marianne J E van der HeijdenDepartment of Internal Medicine and Department of Paediatric Surgery Erasmus MC Sophia Children's Hospital Rotterdam the Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4372-5514
Linda-Anne O'FlahertyDivision of Pain Management Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital Cape Town South Africa.
Joost van RosmalenDepartment of Biostatistics Erasmus MC Rotterdam the Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9187-244X
Simone de VosDepartment of Paediatric Surgery Erasmus MC-Sophia Children's Hospital Rotterdam the Netherlands.
Mignon McCullochDivision of Paediatric Nephrology Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital Cape Town South Africa.
Monique van DijkDepartment of Internal Medicine and Department of Paediatric Surgery Erasmus MC Sophia Children's Hospital Rotterdam the Netherlands.
Erasmus MC - Sophia Children’s Hospital · NLRed Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital · ZAErasmus MC · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Children treated in a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) are at risk of distress and pain. This study investigated if aromatherapy massage can reduce children's distress and improve comfort. This observational before-after study was performed in a 22-bed PICU in Cape Town, South Africa. The aromatherapy massage consisted of soft massaging using the "M-technique" and a 1% blend of essential oils of Lavender (

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aromatherapyCOMFORT‐Behavior scalecritical caredistressmassage therapypediatrics

Identifiers

PMID35719220
PMCPMC9189908
OpenAlexW4210920232

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