The Therapeutic Effect of Aromatherapy on Insomnia: a Meta-Analysis.
Aromatherapy
Insomnia
Meta-analysis
Randomized controlled trials
Journal
Journal of affective disorders
ISSN: 1573-2517
Titre abrégé: J Affect Disord
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 7906073
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
01 06 2021
01 06 2021
Historique:
received:
28
07
2020
revised:
11
03
2021
accepted:
19
03
2021
pubmed:
12
4
2021
medline:
6
7
2021
entrez:
11
4
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Insomnia is a more and more common sleep disorder, which affects health and quality of life. Aromatherapy is one of the effective treatments to improve sleep quality. This paper is to comprehensively evaluate the existing research on aromatherapy as a treatment of insomnia to verify its therapeutic effect. 16 studies (19 comparisons) met inclusion and exclusion criteria were used for meta-analysis. The results showed that aromatherapy had a significant effect on improving sleep quality (WMD: -2.52; 95% CI: -3.24 to -1.79). Subgroup analysis showed that different types of patients from different countries can improve their sleep quality through aromatherapy. The inhalation group, rather than the massage group had an obvious therapeutic effect, which may be due to the number of studies using massage included in our analysis is too small. What's more, different intervention duration does not seem to have a significant effect on the efficacy of aromatherapy. Aromatherapy has a significant effect on improving sleep quality. It can be used as one of the non-pharmacological treatments for insomnia, and relevant guide should be formulated to facilitate future clinical applications.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
Insomnia is a more and more common sleep disorder, which affects health and quality of life. Aromatherapy is one of the effective treatments to improve sleep quality. This paper is to comprehensively evaluate the existing research on aromatherapy as a treatment of insomnia to verify its therapeutic effect.
RESULTS
16 studies (19 comparisons) met inclusion and exclusion criteria were used for meta-analysis. The results showed that aromatherapy had a significant effect on improving sleep quality (WMD: -2.52; 95% CI: -3.24 to -1.79). Subgroup analysis showed that different types of patients from different countries can improve their sleep quality through aromatherapy. The inhalation group, rather than the massage group had an obvious therapeutic effect, which may be due to the number of studies using massage included in our analysis is too small. What's more, different intervention duration does not seem to have a significant effect on the efficacy of aromatherapy.
CONCLUSION
Aromatherapy has a significant effect on improving sleep quality. It can be used as one of the non-pharmacological treatments for insomnia, and relevant guide should be formulated to facilitate future clinical applications.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33839552
pii: S0165-0327(21)00292-5
doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2021.03.066
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Meta-Analysis
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
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