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MH Hur, JA Song, J Lee, MS Lee - Maturitas, 2014 - Elsevier
… assess the effectiveness of aromatherapy for stress management. Seven databases were …
aromatherapy against any type of controls in healthy human person that assessed stress level …
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The effects of aromatherapy on stress and stress responses in adolescents
JY Seo - Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing, 2009 - synapse.koreamed.org
Purpose This study was done to examine the effects of aromatherapy on stress and stress
responses in adolescents. Methods A two-group cross-over design was used for this study. …
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Meta-analysis about effect of aromatherapy on stress
GD Kim, SR Suh - Journal of Hospice and palliative Care, 2008 - koreascience.kr
… to analyze the effects of aromatherapy on stress using meta-… in aromatherapy were estimated.
Overall mean effect size of the effects of aromatherapy was .593, and the subjective stress (…
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Aromatherapy for stress in patients and hospital staff
J Buckle - Alternative and Complementary Therapies, 2015 - liebertpub.com
… The chronic stress of lengthy treatments, such as renal hemodialysis, can be soothed with
aromatherapy massage.In this study, as well as reducing stress in 21 patients, aromatherapy …
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EH Cho, MY Lee, MH Hur - Evidence‐Based Complementary …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
… Stress has both physiological and psychological effects and … whether the aromatherapy
alleviated patients’ stress and … essential oils as part of the aromatherapy. The control group was …
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The effectiveness of aromatherapy and massage on stress management in nurses: A systematic review
H Li, M Zhao, Y Shi, Z Xing, Y Li, S Wang… - Journal of clinical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
… aromatherapy, massage and aromatherapy massage are effective for reducing job-related
stress … nurses’ stress levels in the future. Moreover, we need to integrate outcome measures of …
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The effects of aromatherapy in relieving symptoms related to job stress among nurses
MC Chen, SH Fang, L Fang - International journal of nursing …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
… Therefore, aromatherapy should … stress-related problems, aromatherapy produced positive
results.8 In recent years, Tseng, employed in the health-care field, had used aromatherapy to …
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Reduction effect of aromatherapy on stress and insomnia
SO Park, SB Kim, KS Lee, PS Kang - Journal of agricultural …, 2002 - koreascience.kr
… Reducing the level of stress and insomnia by aromatherapy is proposed as a method … ,
stress and its related insomnia can be effectively relieved with proper application of aromatherapy…
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[HTML] Evaluating the effect of aromatherapy on a stress marker in healthy subjects
C Takagi, S Nakagawa, N Hirata, S Ohta… - … of pharmaceutical health …, 2019 - Springer
… in stress marker levels related to long-term aromatherapy in healthy adults to scientifically
examine the stress-relieving effects of aromatherapy, as chemotherapy-related stress persists …
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[PDF] Stress management: Aromatherapy as an alternative
S Sgoutas-Emch, T Fox, M Preston, C Brooks… - Sci. Rev. Altern …, 2001 - Citeseer
… No group differences in either perceived stress or the physiological responses to the task
were … responses to stress. This study therefore suggests that although aromatherapy by …
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Mindfulness meditation and aromatherapy to reduce stress and anxiety
L Redstone - Archives of psychiatric nursing, 2015 - psychiatricnursing.org
… increased levels of stress and anxiety. Mindfulness meditation was merged with aromatherapy
to create aromatherapy enhanced meditation as a unique stress management activity. …
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A study on stress and aromatherapy intervention efficacy
MKJ Sangwin - 2016 - scholarworks.umt.edu
… stress. The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of aromatherapy as a stress
… being the lowest and 10 being the highest level of stress, anxiety, energy, sleep quality, and …
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M Lee, S Lim, JA Song, ME Kim, MH Hur - European Journal of Integrative …, 2017 - Elsevier
… The present study seeks to verify the stress relief and immune-enhancing effects of aromatherapy
essential oil inhalation. Ultimately, the aim of this study was to investigate whether the …
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Aromatherapy & work-related stress
JL Davidson - International Journal of Aromatherapy, 2002 - Elsevier
… This paper examines the negative health effects of stress and includes a small study into the
possible use of essential oils in reducing stress in a work environment. … Considering the …
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Aromatherapy and Stress Reduction.
C Whitten - … Journal of Professional Holistic Aromatherapy, 2020 - search.ebscohost.com
… levels and therefore reducing stress. The earth is undergoing incredible stress, our food …
We seem to be undergoing so much stress just by simply being alive. Autoimmune disease, …
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SK Tang, MYM Tse - BioMed research international, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
… The present study shows that the aromatherapy programme was effective in reducing the
pain, depression, anxiety, and stress levels of older persons in the intervention group. Under …
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I Chamine, BS Oken - Evidence‐based Complementary and …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
… Aromatherapy is popular for stress reduction, but its effectiveness and mechanism are unclear.
This study examined stress-reducing effects of aromatherapy on … sensitive to stress. The …
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S Kim, JA Song, ME Kim… - Journal of Korean …, 2016 - synapse.koreamed.org
… of aromatherapy on menopausal symptoms, perceived stress … effects of aromatherapy on
menopausal symptoms, stress and … Trials testing of aromatherapy on menopausal symptoms …
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EJ Song, MY Lee - Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing, 2018 - synapse.koreamed.org
… Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of aromatherapy on stress …
The measurements of stress index, ANS activity, and blood pressure were performed 5 …
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NB Eren, G Oztunc - Int J Care Sci, 2017 - internationaljournalofcaringsciences …
… the effects of aromatherapy on stress and anxiety of nurses working in intensive care units.
This study aims to identify the effects of aromatherapy on stress and anxiety levels of nurses …
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Aromatherapy in the control of stress and anxiety
P Dias, LG Pedro, OR Pereira… - … and Integrative Medicine, 2017 - bibliotecadigital.ipb.pt
… Conclusion: In this study, aromatherapy was effective in stress and anxiety levels reduction
and linalool, the major compound of the essential oil mixture, may be positively contributing …
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The effects of aromatherapy on autonomic nerve system and physical resistance of a stress
YS Shin, YS Cho, YJ Jung - Journal of Korean Biological Nursing …, 2004 - koreascience.kr
… Purpose : The purpose of this study is to determine effects of aromatherapy … to stress. Methods
: This research is a primitive experimental design which attempts to analyze aromatherapy …
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[PDF] Aromatherapy for stress relive
V Dave, S Yadav - International Journal of Research and Development in …, 2013 - Citeseer
… Our jobs are often very stressful and stress is a … of stress related problems that are quick
to develop. Before you think about stress reduction, start by identifying the particular stresses in …
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F Ghaderi, N Solhjou - Complementary therapies in clinical practice, 2020 - Elsevier
… to evaluate the effect of aromatherapy with lavender essential oil on salivary cortisol and
pulse rate, as indicators of the child's anxiety during stress-induced dental treatments including …
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M Cooke, K Holzhauser, M Jones… - Journal of clinical …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
… of aromatherapy massage and music as an intervention to cope with the occupational stress
… workloads and patient demands influence the role stress has on nurses. The perception that …
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SH Han - The Journal of Korean academic society of nursing …, 2008 - koreascience.kr
… and received aromatherapy massage … stress response (serum cortisol, life stress) and
immune response(T-cell and natural killer cell ratio) were measured in the course of aromatherapy …
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Emergency department waiting room stress: can music or aromatherapy improve anxiety scores?
L Holm, L Fitzmaurice - Pediatric emergency care, 2008 - journals.lww.com
The aim of this study was to determine the effect of music alone, aromatherapy alone, and
music in addition to aromatherapy on anxiety levels of adults accompanying children to a …
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F Hedigan, H Sheridan, A Sasse - Complementary therapies in clinical …, 2023 - Elsevier
… to ascertain the impact of inhalation aromatherapy on stress and anxiety in clinical settings.
… Inhalation aromatherapy has the potential to reduce stress and anxiety with data emerging to …
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MH Hur, JH Hong, SH Yeo - European Journal of Integrative Medicine, 2019 - Elsevier
… effects of aromatherapy on stress, serum fructosamine, fatigue, and sleep quality in middle-aged
prediabetic women, to provide foundational data for the application of aromatherapy as …
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R Ahmad, AA Naqvi, HM Al-Bukhaytan… - Contemporary Clinical …, 2019 - Elsevier
… the effect of aromatherapy ie lavender oil in reducing academic stress among pharmacy …
of lavender oil/aromatherapy in reducing pain intensity in stress related headaches. For placebo…
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The effect of aromatherapy in promoting relaxation and stress reduction in a general hospital
G Cannard - Complementary therapies in Nursing and Midwifery, 1996 - Elsevier
… sibility of using aromatherapy to help reduce stress levels in coronary patients. Stress and
anxiety … insult, so any method of reducing stress and anxiety levels was considered worthy of …
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Aromatherapy benefits autonomic nervous system regulation for elementary school faculty in Taiwan
KM Chang, CW Shen - Evidence‐Based Complementary and …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
… measured after aromatherapy in … aromatherapy stress reduction performance on different
faculty groups. It encouraged further study for other stress working population by aromatherapy. …
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SH Liu, TH Lin, KM Chang - Evidence‐Based Complementary …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
… aromatherapy. Therefore, the overall purpose of this study was to elucidate the beneficial
effect of aromatherapy in relieving work-related stress… the effect of aromatherapy by conducting …
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A Bikmoradi, Z Seifi, J Poorolajal, M Araghchian… - … therapies in medicine, 2015 - Elsevier
… In this study, we found that inhalation aromatherapy had no significant effects on mental
stress in patients who had undergone CABG. Indeed, the mean mental stress levels of the …
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The effect of aromatherapy massage with music on the stress and anxiety levels of emergency nurses
C Davis, M Cooke, K Holzhauser, M Jones… - Australasian Emergency …, 2005 - Elsevier
… of aromatherapy massage and music will decrease stress … stress and anxiety and that
aromatherapy massage and music is an appropriate support strategy to lessen anxiety and stress. …
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H Ebrahimi, A Mardani, MH Basirinezhad… - Explore, 2022 - Elsevier
… that stress in the lavender and chamomile aromatherapy group … aromatherapy using lavender
essential oil improved stress … According to another similar study, aromatherapy with this …
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PH Lin, YP Lin, KL Chen, SY Yang, YH Shih… - PLoS One, 2021 - journals.plos.org
… that aromatherapy could be used for ANS regulation with stress-relieving effects in adolescents.
The participants with a low stress … of stress appeared to respond poorly to aromatherapy …
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J Montibeler, TS Domingos, EM Braga… - Revista da Escola de …, 2018 - SciELO Brasil
… In general, the effectiveness of aromatherapy in reducing stress levels has been explained
… Aromatherapy for stress reduction in healthy adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis …
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I Bae, JA Song, M Lee, M Hur - International Journal of Clinical and …, 2018 - e-century.us
… Results: The stress index showed significant differences among the three groups (F=4.546,
P… : The inhalation of aromatherapy EO was effective in reducing the stress score, stress index, …
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Effect of lavender aromatherapy on acute-stressed horses
CE Ferguson, HF Kleinman, J Browning - Journal of Equine Veterinary …, 2013 - Elsevier
… of acute stress could benefit the equine industry; therefore, the objective of this experiment
was to determine whether aromatherapy would hasten the recovery time in acute-stressed …
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The use of lavender aromatherapy to relieve stress in trailered horses
K Heitman, B Rabquer, E Heitman, C Streu… - Journal of Equine …, 2018 - Elsevier
… of lavender aromatherapy on the stress … in stressed horses that received lavender
aromatherapy. These conclusions partially support the original hypothesis that lavender …
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AK Dehkordi, A Tayebi, A Ebadi, H Sahraei… - Nephrourol …, 2017 - eprints.bmsu.ac.ir
… of aromatherapy in hemodial… , aromatherapy has not shown much effect. The present
research was planned to examine the effects of aromatherapy on depression, anxiety, and stress in …
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Use of aromatherapy to promote a therapeutic nurse environment
K Johnson, T West, S Diana, J Todd, B Haynes… - Intensive and Critical …, 2017 - Elsevier
… Aromatherapy was effective in reducing stress symptoms for three to four days. Symptoms
of stress in the treatment group decreased from a mean of 6.1–2.8 post aromatherapy …
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SH Han, MH Hur, JY Kang - Journal of Korean Academy of …, 2002 - synapse.koreamed.org
… Purpose: The purpose of this study was to verify the effect of aromatherapy on the stress
response in … stress response score were obtained on the first day of usual period. Aromatherapy …
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The aromatherapy formulation of essential oils in reducing stress and blood pressure on human
CR Kholibrina, A Aswandi - IOP Conference Series: Earth and …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
… aromatherapy that involves essential oil formulations. This study aims to identify the characteristics
and effects of aromatherapy … of blood pressure in aromatherapy application for three …
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[PDF] The Effect of Aromatherapy on Anxiety Experienced by Hospital Nurses.
J Donaldson - Medsurg Nursing, 2017 - academia.edu
… Five nurses reported high stress scores (8) before aromatherapy and two of them reported
only a minor reduction of stress score to 7, indicating a lack of efficacy at higher stress levels. …
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Aromatherapy improves work performance through balancing the autonomic nervous system
L Huang, L Capdevila - The Journal of Alternative and …, 2017 - liebertpub.com
… the efficacy of aromatherapy in improving work performance and reducing the workplace
stress. Specifi… improvement in the AG by stress reduction due to the effect of aromatherapy. This …
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[HTML] Endocrinological effect of lavender aromatherapy on stressful visual stimuli
M Toda, R Matsuse - Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications, 2020 - Elsevier
… aroma can relieve stress caused by … of aromatherapy has yet been presented. To examine
the effects of lavender aroma on women watching a stressful video, we used salivary stress …
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M Toda, K Morimoto - Stress and Health, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
By measuring the sensitive salivary endocrinological stress markers cortisol and chromogranin
A (CgA), we investigated effects on stress of lavender and peppermint aromas. Groups of …
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HK Son, WY So, M Kim - … journal of environmental research and public …, 2019 - mdpi.com
… showed that aromatherapy combined with music therapy had a significant effect on test anxiety,
state anxiety, stress, … Based on the results, aromatherapy combined with music therapy is …
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