Lee Sun-Young
Department of Nursing, Kongju National University, Korea.
Taehan Kanho Hakhoe Chi. 2005 Apr;35(2):303-12. doi: 10.4040/jkan.2005.35.2.303.
This study was to develop an aromatherapy hand massage program, and to evaluate the effects of lavender aromatherapy on cognitive function, emotion, and aggressive behavior of elderly with dementia of the Alzheimer's type.
The Research design was a nonequivalent control group non-synchronized quasiexperimental study. Lavender aromatherapy was administrated to experimental group I for 2 weeks, jojoba oil massage was administrated to experimental group II for 2 weeks, and no treatment was administrated to the control group for 2 weeks. Data was analyzed using the chi(2)-test, ANOVA, repeated measures of ANCOVA and ANCOVA in the SPSS program package.
A Lavender aromatherapy hand massage program is effective on emotions and aggressive behavior of elderly with dementia of the Alzheimer's type.
本研究旨在开发一种芳香疗法手部按摩方案,并评估薰衣草芳香疗法对阿尔茨海默病型痴呆老年人认知功能、情绪和攻击行为的影响。
研究设计为非等效对照组非同步准实验研究。对实验组I进行为期2周的薰衣草芳香疗法,对实验组II进行为期2周的荷荷巴油按摩,对对照组不进行任何治疗,为期2周。使用SPSS程序包中的卡方检验、方差分析、重复测量协方差分析和协方差分析对数据进行分析。
薰衣草芳香疗法手部按摩方案对阿尔茨海默病型痴呆老年人的情绪和攻击行为有效。