Hur Myung-Haeng, Oh Heeyoung, Lee Myeong Soo, Kim Chan, Choi Ae-Na, Shin Gil-Ran
School of Nursing, Eulji University, Daejeon, South Korea.
Int J Neurosci. 2007 Sep;117(9):1281-7. doi: 10.1080/00207450600936650.
This study investigated the effects of aromatherapy massage on the lipid profile and blood pressure in Korean climacteric women. A wait-listed control group, pretest-posttest design was used. The subjects comprised 58 climacteric women: 30 in the experimental group and 28 in the control group. Aromatherapy massage using lavender, rose geranium, rose, and jasmine was given to the experimental group only. Each massage session lasted 30 minutes, and was performed once weekly for two 8-week periods with self abdominal daily massage at home. The intervention produced significant differences in the systolic blood pressure compare to pretreatment and significant differences in systolic and diastolic blood pressures at posttreatment between the two groups. These results suggest that aromatherapy massage may exert positive effects on blood pressure. However, more objective, clinical measures should be applied in a future study with a randomized placebo-controlled design.
本研究调查了芳香疗法按摩对韩国更年期女性血脂水平和血压的影响。采用了等待名单对照组、前测-后测设计。研究对象为58名更年期女性：实验组30名，对照组28名。仅对实验组进行使用薰衣草、玫瑰天竺葵、玫瑰和茉莉的芳香疗法按摩。每次按摩持续30分钟，每周进行一次，共两个8周疗程，同时在家中自行进行腹部日常按摩。与治疗前相比，干预使收缩压产生显著差异，且两组在治疗后收缩压和舒张压均有显著差异。这些结果表明，芳香疗法按摩可能对血压产生积极影响。然而，未来的研究应采用随机安慰剂对照设计，并应用更客观的临床测量方法。
