Anxiolytic Effect of Aromatherapy Massage in Patients with Breast Cancer
| Autor: | Masanori Kawase, Kiyoshi Sawai, Satoko Watanabe, Kenji Fukui, Masakazu Kita, Yuka Aihara, Noriko Yoshida, Hiroo Nakajima, Masahiro Kunisawa, Ichiro Shigemori, Jiro Imanishi, Hiroko Kuriyama |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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medicine.medical_specialty business.industry medicine.drug_class lcsh:Other systems of medicine medicine.disease Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale anxiety lcsh:RZ201-999 Anxiolytic Breast cancer aromatherapy massage breast cancer Complementary and alternative medicine Aromatherapy Massage Physical therapy Medicine Anxiety In patient Original Articles – Clinical Analyses medicine.symptom business Psychiatry Aromatherapy |
| Zdroj: | Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Vol 6, Iss 1, Pp 123-128 (2009) Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine : eCAM |
| ISSN: | 1741-4288 |
| Popis: | We examined how aromatherapy massage influenced psychologic and immunologic parameters in 12 breast cancer patients in an open semi-comparative trial. We compared the results 1 month before aromatherapy massage as a waiting control period with those during aromatherapy massage treatment and 1 month after the completion of aromatherapy sessions. The patients received a 30 min aromatherapy massage twice a week for 4 weeks (eight times in total). The results showed that anxiety was reduced in one 30 min aromatherapy massage in State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) test and also reduced in eight sequential aromatherapy massage sessions in the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) test. Our results further suggested that aromatherapy massage ameliorated the immunologic state. Further investigations are required to confirm the anxiolytic effect of aromatherapy in breast cancer patients. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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