dc.contributor.author | Fu, Chieh-Yu | |
dc.contributor.author | Moyle, Wendy | |
dc.contributor.author | Cooke, Marie | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-05-03T12:41:52Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-05-03T12:41:52Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2013 | |
dc.date.modified | 2014-01-30T22:40:57Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1472-6882 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1186/1472-6882-13-165 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10072/56265 | |
dc.description.abstract | Background Aromatherapy and hand massage therapies have been reported to have some benefit for people with dementia who display behavioural symptoms; however there are a number of limitations of reported studies. The aim is to investigate the effect of aromatherapy (3% lavender oil spray) with and without hand massage on disruptive behaviour in people with dementia living in long-term care. Methods In a single blinded randomised controlled trial 67 people with a diagnosis of dementia and a history of disruptive behaviour, from three long-term care facilities were recruited and randomised using a random number table into three groups: (1) Combination (aromatherapy and hand massage) (n?=?22), (2) Aromatherapy (n?=?23), (3) Placebo control (water spray) (n?=?22). The intervention was given twice daily for six weeks. Data on residents' behaviour (CMAI) and cognition (MMSE) were collected before, during and after the intervention. Results Despite a downward trend in behaviours displayed not one of the interventions significantly reduced disruptive behaviour. Conclusions Further large-scale placebo controlled studies are required where antipsychotic medication is controlled and a comparison of the methods of application of aromatherapy are investigated. | |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Yes | |
dc.description.publicationstatus | Yes | |
dc.format.extent | 226223 bytes | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | BioMed Central | |
dc.publisher.place | United Kingdom | |
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublication | Y | |
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom | 165 -1 | |
dc.relation.ispartofpageto | 165 -9 | |
dc.relation.ispartofjournal | BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine | |
dc.relation.ispartofvolume | 13 | |
dc.rights.retention | Y | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Traditional, complementary and integrative medicine | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Aged care nursing | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 4208 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 420502 | |
dc.title | A randomised controlled trial of the use of aromatherapy and hand massage to reduce disruptive behaviour in people with dementia | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
dc.type.description | C1 - Articles | |
dc.type.code | C - Journal Articles | |
dcterms.license | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 | |
gro.faculty | Griffith Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery | |
gro.description.notepublic | Page numbers are not for citation purposes. Instead, this article has the unique article number of 165. | |
gro.rights.copyright | © 2013 Fu et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. | |
gro.date.issued | 2013 | |
gro.hasfulltext | Full Text | |
gro.griffith.author | Cooke, Marie L. | |
gro.griffith.author | Moyle, Wendy | |