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Volume 8 Journal of Palliative Care & Medicine
ISSN: 2165-7386 Geriatrics 2018
July 30-31, 2018
July 30-31, 2018 | Barcelona, Spain
8th International Conference on
Geriatrics Gerontology & Palliative Nursing
The effects of aroma therapy on agitation in patients with dementia: A systematic review and
meta-analysis
Heeok Park
Keimyung University College of Nursing, South Korea
The aim of this study was to systematically review the literature to explore the effectiveness of aromatherapy for treating
agitation in patients with dementia. The EMBASE, CINAHL, Ovid-MEDLINE, PubMed, KMbase, KoreaMed, National
Assembly Library, RISS, Kiss, and DBpia databases were searched until November 2017 using the search terms dementia/
Alzheimer disease/cognition disorders, aroma/aromatherapy, and lavendulan/Melissa/lemon oil. Of the 419 unique studies
identified in a systematic search, the full texts of 13 studies meeting the criteria for inclusion were reviewed systematically and
3 studies were used for the meta-analysis. A meta-analysis of the 3 studies revealed that aromatherapy is an effective treatment
for agitation in patients with dementia (ES = -0.63, 95% CI=-1.17 to -0.09, p=0.02). However, only a few studies were included
in the analysis. Further studies using strict randomization, blinding, and concealment should be conducted.
Biography
Heeok Park interest area is the behavioral and psychological symptoms in patients with dementia and she has been doing research to develop the application
program to reduce caregiver's burden and do meta-analysis of caregiver's burden in patients with dementia.
Heeok Park, J Palliat Care Med 2018, Volume 8
DOI: 10.4172/2165-7386-C2-018