• Taehan Kanho Hakhoe chi · Apr 2005

    Controlled Clinical Trial

    [The effect of lavender aromatherapy on cognitive function, emotion, and aggressive behavior of elderly with dementia].

    • Sun-Young Lee.
    • Department of Nursing, Kongju National University, Korea. sylee601@kongju.ac.kr
    • Taehan Kanho Hakhoe Chi. 2005 Apr 1; 35 (2): 303-12.

    PurposeThis 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.MethodThe 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.Result1. Experimental group I did not show significant differences in cognitive function in relation to the experimental group II and control group. 2. Experimental group I showed significant differences in emotion and aggressive behavior in relation to the experimental group II and control group.ConclusionA Lavender aromatherapy hand massage program is effective on emotions and aggressive behavior of elderly with dementia of the Alzheimer's type.

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