ِDepartment of Medical Surgical Nursing, School of Nursing & Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
J Complement Integr Med. 2020 May 28;18(1):193-200. doi: 10.1515/jcim-2018-0137.
Fatigue, regardless of the causes, could leave a negative impact on individual performance. The aim of this study was to compare the effects of inhalation and massage aromatherapy with lavender and sweet orange on fatigue among hemodialysis patients.
This study was a randomized controlled trial. The patients (96 patients) were allocated to three groups (control, an inhalation aromatherapy, and an aromatherapy massage group). A demographic questionnaire as well as the rhoten fatigue scale (RFS) was used to collect the data. The data were analyzed by descriptive and analytical statistics using SPSS version 18.
Before the intervention, there was no significant difference among the groups regarding fatigue level (p=0.54). However, eight and 16 weeks after the study, the levels of fatigue in both experimental groups were significantly lower than the control group (p < 0.05).
Interventions with essential oils are effective in reducing fatigue in hemodialysis patients, although the effects of aromatherapy massage on fatigue are stronger than the effects of inhalation aromatherapy.
无论疲劳的原因是什么，都会对个体的表现产生负面影响。本研究旨在比较薰衣草和甜橙吸入式与按摩式芳香疗法对血液透析患者疲劳的影响。
这是一项随机对照试验。患者（96 例）被分为三组（对照组、吸入式芳香疗法组和按摩式芳香疗法组）。使用人口统计学问卷和罗滕疲劳量表（RFS）收集数据。使用 SPSS 18 版本的描述性和分析性统计数据对数据进行分析。
干预前，三组患者的疲劳水平无显著差异（p=0.54）。然而，研究 8 周和 16 周后，实验组的疲劳水平均明显低于对照组（p<0.05）。
虽然按摩式芳香疗法对疲劳的影响强于吸入式芳香疗法，但使用精油干预可有效降低血液透析患者的疲劳感。
