Effectiveness of aromatherapy massage in the management of anxiety and depression in patients with cancer
Journal of Clinical Oncology, Vol 25, No 5, Feb 10 2007: pp 532-539
Susie M Wilkinson, Sharon B Love, Alex M Westcombe, Maureen A Gambles, Caroline C Burgess, Anna Cargill, Teresa Young, Jane Maher, Amanda J Ramirez
The purpose of the study was to test the effectiveness of supplementing usual supportive care with aromatherapy massage in the management of anxiety and depression in cancer patients through a pragmatic two-arm randomised controlled trial in four UK cancer centres and a hospice.
Their conclusion is that aromatherapy massage does not confer benefit on cancer patients' anxiety and/or depression in the long-term but is associated with clinically important benefit up to 2 weeks after the intervention.
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Amanda-jane.ramirez@kcl.ac.uk
