Effectiveness of aroma-Tea Tree Oil and Eucalyptus oil in alleviating COVID-19 vaccine discomfort side effects.

Autor: Lee KW; Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Taiwan., Chang YY; Natural Therapy and Regimen Health Promotion Association, Taiwan., Wu XF; Melbourne School of Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Australia., Wang YC; Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan., Shen MH; Bonniehouse Co., Ltd, Taiwan., Yeh C; Natural Therapy and Regimen Health Promotion Association, Taiwan., Zheng ZF; Natural Therapy and Regimen Health Promotion Association, Taiwan., Wang JJ; Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, No. 1 University Rd., Tainan 70101, Taiwan. Electronic address: ns127@mail.ncku.edu.tw.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Explore (New York, N.Y.) [Explore (NY)] 2023 Sep-Oct; Vol. 19 (5), pp. 755-760. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Apr 01.
DOI: 10.1016/j.explore.2023.03.008
Abstrakt: Context: Aromatherapy is considered a mild and non-invasive complementary treatment to relieve post-vaccination discomforts. There have been no studies that examine the use of aroma-Tea Tree oil and Eucalyptus oil to relieve the discomfort side effects related to COVID-19 vaccines.
Objective: This study examined the use of two aroma-essential oils to relieve discomfort side effects of COVID-19 vaccination.
Design: The study used experimental design to match two groups of participants.
Setting: The participants' home.
Participants: Adults who had not yet been vaccinated against COVID-19 but were planning to receive it were recruited. The current study included 87 control participants matched to 83 experimental participants.
Intervention: The participants in the experimental group used Tea tree and Eucalyptus while the control group did not.
Main Outcome Measures: A questionnaire was used to collect data on the topical and systematic symptoms related to COVID-19 vaccines. Both groups were asked to complete the online questionnaire and report their health status 24 h (T1) and 48 h (T2) after vaccination.
Results: The results revealed a statistically significant difference between the groups in swelling, injection side pain, lump, fever, and muscle ache (p = .05, 0.04, <0.00, 0.02, 0.02, respectively) for T1; but for T2, a significant difference between the two groups was found only in lump and fever (p = .05, 0.03). Aroma-Tea Tree oil and Eucalyptus oil may be recognized and accepted by more people worldwide to provide a safe and healthy option not only for post-vaccination care but also to relieve pain, fever, and skin lumps associated with other diseases or conditions.
(Copyright © 2023. Published by Elsevier Inc.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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