論文

査読有り 国際誌
2018年2月

Effect of olfactory stimulation with essential oils on cardiovascular reactivity during the moving beans task in stroke patients with anxiety.

Complementary therapies in medicine
  • Kazuaki Iokawa
  • ,
  • Masahiro Kohzuki
  • ,
  • Toshimasa Sone
  • ,
  • Satoru Ebihara

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開始ページ
20
終了ページ
24
記述言語
英語
掲載種別
DOI
10.1016/j.ctim.2017.11.009

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect of olfactory stimulation with essential oils on cardiovascular reactivity during the "moving beans" rehabilitation task in stroke patients with anxiety. METHODS: Twenty-eight stroke patients participated in this study. Blood pressure and heart rate were measured before and after finger movement tasks (e.g., moving beans and the Purdue pegboard test). Olfactory stimulation with lavender oil, grapefruit oil, and distilled water were conducted during finger tasks. Anxiety was assessed using the State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI)-Y2 before the finger movement tasks. RESULTS: There were no significant changes in blood pressure or heart rate activity in both finger movement tasks when stimulation of lavender oil, grapefruit oil, and distilled water was applied. However, the change values of Δ diastolic blood pressure (DBP) associated with the moving beans task indicated a significant interaction between olfactory stimulations and the groups of STAI-Y2 scores (high vs low) (p=0.03), without main effects in the olfactory stimulations and the groups of STAI-Y2 scores. CONCLUSION: Olfactory stimulation with lavender and grapefruit oil may repress the exaggerated DBP response during the moving beans task in stroke patients with higher levels of trait anxiety symptoms.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ctim.2017.11.009
PubMed
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29458924
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.1016/j.ctim.2017.11.009
  • ISSN : 0965-2299
  • PubMed ID : 29458924

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