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The Effect of Aromatherapy Massage on the Pain Severity and Quality of Life in Acute Migraine Attacks: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
- Source :
- Florence Nightingale Journal of Nursing; Jun2024, Vol. 32 Issue 2, p159-167, 9p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- AIM: This study aims to investigate the effects of aromatherapy massage on the pain severity and quality of life in patients diagnosed with migraine, in addition to medical treatment during a migraine attack. METHODS: The study was performed as a randomized controlled trial. This study was carried out in the emergency department of a State Hospital. It was performed in the Emergency Department of Bitlis State Hospital. Data was collected between April 15, and October 15, 2017. The sample of the study was consisted of a total of 70 migraine patients including 35 experimental and 35 control group, subjects who visited the emergency department with migraine pain, along with the medical treatment, patients of experimental group were massaged for 15 minutes with an aromatic oil mixture applied on the temple and root of the neck for three weeks. RESULTS: It was found that the VAS scores of the experimental group before the application (9.26 ± 0.95) were significantly higher than the control group (8.54 ± 1.69) (p = .03). Migraine quality of life scale total and subscale scores of experimental group after the application were significantly higher than the control group (p < .05). CONCLUSION: In the study, it was concluded that aromatherapy massage had an effect on migraine pain and quality of life of patients with migraine. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- OXYGEN saturation
PAIN measurement
SCALE analysis (Psychology)
DATA analysis
STATISTICAL significance
STATISTICAL sampling
VISUAL analog scale
ESSENTIAL oils
KRUSKAL-Wallis Test
FISHER exact test
SEVERITY of illness index
RANDOMIZED controlled trials
HOSPITAL emergency services
EMOTIONS
TREATMENT effectiveness
MANN Whitney U Test
CHI-squared test
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
AROMATHERAPY
QUALITY of life
PAIN
STATISTICS
MASSAGE therapy
BLOOD pressure
SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC factors
COMPARATIVE studies
DATA analysis software
MIGRAINE
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 26876442
- Volume :
- 32
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Florence Nightingale Journal of Nursing
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 178403707
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.5152/FNJN.2024.23235