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dc.contributor.authorFu, Chieh-Yu
dc.contributor.authorMoyle, Wendy
dc.contributor.authorCooke, Marie
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T12:41:52Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T12:41:52Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.date.modified2014-01-30T22:40:57Z
dc.identifier.issn1472-6882
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/1472-6882-13-165
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/56265
dc.description.abstractBackground 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.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
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dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherBioMed Central
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationY
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom165 -1
dc.relation.ispartofpageto165 -9
dc.relation.ispartofjournalBMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine
dc.relation.ispartofvolume13
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchTraditional, complementary and integrative medicine
dc.subject.fieldofresearchAged care nursing
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4208
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode420502
dc.titleA randomised controlled trial of the use of aromatherapy and hand massage to reduce disruptive behaviour in people with dementia
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
dcterms.licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0
gro.facultyGriffith Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery
gro.description.notepublicPage 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.issued2013
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gro.griffith.authorCooke, Marie L.
gro.griffith.authorMoyle, Wendy


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