Title
Aromatherapy with two essential oils from Satureja genre and mindfulness meditation to reduce anxiety in humans
Date Issued
01 January 2017
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
National Taiwan University
Abstract
The goal of this study was to verify whether association of aromatherapy with essential oils of Satureja brevicalyx or Satureja boliviana and mindfulness meditation can reduce anxiety levels in humans. A randomized experimental trial was carried out with 108 participants who were divided into 6 groups, comprising a waiting list control group and five experimental groups. Aromatherapy was carried out by inhalation of essential oils while mindfulness intervention program was focused on “flow meditation”. The anxiety index was evaluated by State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI). Measures were taken two times: pretest and posttest. State and Trait anxiety scores showed a decrease in posttest study phase in comparison with pretest in all experimental groups (p < 0.005), especially in those where aromatherapy and mindfulness meditation were used together. All Cohen's d scores were over to 1 that means a large size effect in anxiety variable. Percentages of change showed reductions of anxiety variable ranging between 20% and 47%. All treatments used isolated or associated, may be considered alternative treatment options for anxiety.
Start page
121
End page
125
Volume
7
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Psicología
Neurociencias
Ciencias de las plantas, Botánica
Métodos de investigación bioquímica
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84977606750
Source
Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine
ISSN of the container
22254110
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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