{"title":"Effects of Aromatherapy on Mental Health: A Meta-analysis","authors":"Xinchen Zheng, Myung-Sun Lee","doi":"10.20402/ajbc.2022.0101","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the impact of aromatherapy on mental health by meta-analysis and highlight its significance.Methods: A meta-analysis of domestic theses and academic papers was conducted for examining the impact of aromatherapy on mental health over a period of eight years period from 2015 to 2022. The risk of bias was assessed using the cross-sectional study assessment tool from the Joanna Briggs Institute. Quantitative analyses were conducted on the studies that met the inclusion criteria, and a meta-analysis was performed on those with available data using R (R ver. 4.2.1) software.Results: A total of 28 studies were included in the system evaluation, and 17 articles were included in the meta-analysis. Aromatherapy was found to be effective in alleviating stress (SMD=0.67, p<0.01), reducing depression (SMD=0.36, p=0.04), and decreasing anxiety (SMD=0.22, p<0.01). There lies difference between the aromatherapy and control group regarding mental health.Conclusion: This study confirms the effectiveness of aromatherapy in alleviating stress, depression, and anxiety. However, further studies are necessary to verify its beneficial effects on overall mental well-being.","PeriodicalId":8508,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Beauty and Cosmetology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2023-09-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Asian Journal of Beauty and Cosmetology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.20402/ajbc.2022.0101","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the impact of aromatherapy on mental health by meta-analysis and highlight its significance.Methods: A meta-analysis of domestic theses and academic papers was conducted for examining the impact of aromatherapy on mental health over a period of eight years period from 2015 to 2022. The risk of bias was assessed using the cross-sectional study assessment tool from the Joanna Briggs Institute. Quantitative analyses were conducted on the studies that met the inclusion criteria, and a meta-analysis was performed on those with available data using R (R ver. 4.2.1) software.Results: A total of 28 studies were included in the system evaluation, and 17 articles were included in the meta-analysis. Aromatherapy was found to be effective in alleviating stress (SMD=0.67, p<0.01), reducing depression (SMD=0.36, p=0.04), and decreasing anxiety (SMD=0.22, p<0.01). There lies difference between the aromatherapy and control group regarding mental health.Conclusion: This study confirms the effectiveness of aromatherapy in alleviating stress, depression, and anxiety. However, further studies are necessary to verify its beneficial effects on overall mental well-being.