Abstract | BACKGROUND: AIMS: METHODS: This randomized controlled trial enrolled 102 patients with rheumatoid arthritis from one regional hospital in Taoyuan, Taiwan. Patients were randomly assigned to the intervention (n = 32), placebo (n = 36), or control groups (n = 34). The intervention and placebo groups underwent self- aromatherapy hand massage guided by a self- aromatherapy hand massage manual and video for 10 minutes 3 times a week for 3 weeks. The intervention group used 5% compound essential oils, the placebo group used sweet almond oil, and the control group had no intervention. Pain, sleep quality and sleepiness were measured by using the numerical rating scale for pain, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and the Epworth Sleepiness Scale at baseline and at 1, 2, and 3 weeks after the intervention. RESULTS: The intervention and placebo groups had significantly decreased sleep quality and sleepiness scores from baseline to 3 weeks after aromatherapy massage. Compared with the control group, the intervention group showed statistically significant improvement in the sleep quality scores in the first weeks after aromatherapy massage (B = -1.19, 95% confidence interval [CI]: -2.35, -0.02, P =.046), but no statistically significant differences were found in the changes in pain levels from baseline to the three time points. CONCLUSIONS:
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Authors | Pei-Yu Lu, Hsiao-Ying Wu, Li-Huan Chen, Chieh-Yu Liu, Ai-Fu Chiou |
Journal | Pain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management Nurses
(Pain Manag Nurs)
Vol. 24
Issue 4
Pg. e52-e60
(08 2023)
ISSN: 1532-8635 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 36990808
(Publication Type: Randomized Controlled Trial, Journal Article)
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Copyright | Copyright © 2023 American Society for Pain Management Nursing. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. |
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Topics |
- Humans
- Aromatherapy
(methods)
- Sleep Quality
- Quality of Life
- Sleepiness
- Oils, Volatile
(therapeutic use)
- Pain
(etiology, drug therapy)
- Arthritis, Rheumatoid
(therapy, drug therapy)
- Massage
(methods)
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