A randomized controlled trial of aromatherapy massage in a hospice setting
| Autor: | Sue Ashley, Katie Soden, Caroline Lucas, Karen Vincent, Stephen Craske |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
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Male Sleep Wake Disorders Aromatherapy medicine.medical_specialty Palliative care Visual analogue scale Pain law.invention 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Aromatherapy Massage Randomized controlled trial 030502 gerontology law Neoplasms Oils Volatile medicine Humans Plant Oils Aged Pain Measurement Aged 80 and over Massage Depressive Disorder Rotterdam Symptom Checklist business.industry General Medicine Middle Aged Anxiety Disorders Hospice Care Lavandula Treatment Outcome Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Quality of Life Physical therapy Anxiety Female medicine.symptom 0305 other medical science business Stress Psychological |
| Zdroj: | Palliative Medicine. 18:87-92 |
| ISSN: | 1477-030X 0269-2163 |
| DOI: | 10.1191/0269216304pm874oa |
| Popis: | Research suggests that patients with cancer, particularly in the palliative care setting, are increasingly using aromatherapy and massage. There is good evidence that these therapies may be helpful for anxiety reduction for short periods, but few studies have looked at the longer term effects. This study was designed to compare the effects of four-week courses of aromatherapy massage and massage alone on physical and psychological symptoms in patients with advanced cancer. Forty-two patients were randomly allocated to receive weekly massages with lavender essential oil and an inert carrier oil (aromatherapy group), an inert carrier oil only (massage group) or no intervention. Outcome measures included a Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) of pain intensity, the Verran and Snyder-Halpern (VSH) sleep scale, the Hospital Anxiety and Depression (HAD) scale and the Rotterdam Symptom Checklist (RSCL). We were unable to demonstrate any significant long-term benefits of aromatherapy or massage in terms of improving pain control, anxiety or quality of life. However, sleep scores improved significantly in both the massage and the combined massage (aromatherapy and massage) groups. There were also statistically significant reductions in depression scores in the massage group. In this study of patients with advanced cancer, the addition of lavender essential oil did not appear to increase the beneficial effects of massage. Our results do suggest, however, that patients with high levels of psychological distress respond best to these therapies. |
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