1. Aromatherapy with single essential oils can significantly improve the sleep quality of cancer patients: a meta-analysis
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Hui Cheng, Lu Lin, Shaotong Wang, Yueyue Zhang, Tingting Liu, Yang Yuan, Qiuyun Chen, and Li Tian
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Aromatherapy ,Cancer patients ,Sleep quality ,Meta-analysis ,Other systems of medicine ,RZ201-999 - Abstract
Abstract Objective To investigate the effect of aromatherapy on sleep quality in cancer patients. Methods Published literature on the effect of aromatherapy in cancer patients with sleep disorders in the form of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) were systematically retrieved and screened from PubMed, Cochrane Library, Embase, CBM, CNKI, VIP, and Wanfang databases from inception to November 2021. The methodological quality of the included studies was critically and independently evaluated by two reviewers using the Cochrane Risk of Bias Assessment Tool for RCTs. The correlated data were extracted using the pre-designed form, and all analyses were performed using Reviewer Manager version 5.4. Due to the difference in sleep quality instruments, the data extracted in this study were in the form of standard mean difference (SMD). Results Ten RCTs included 933 patients (experimental group: 474, control group: 459), and the risk of bias in the included studies was moderate. Aromatherapy could significantly improve the sleep quality of cancer patients [SMD = − 0.79, 95% CI (− 0.93, − 0.66), p
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- 2022
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