{"title":"14-Day Aromatherapy Massage for Cervicogenic Headaches: A Randomized Controlled Trial.","authors":"Shu-Cheng Lin, Ho-Cheng Chen, Kuo-Wei Lee, Chandra Yeh, Yueh-Yuan Chang","doi":"10.1097/HNP.0000000000000712","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Headaches are a common symptom. However, procedures for the use of aromatherapy and its effects on patients with cervicogenic headaches (CGHs) have yet to be determined. This study investigated the effects of a 14-day aromatherapy intervention on pain, life function, and neck flexion endurance in patients with CGHs. This pretest-posttest randomized controlled trial involved 24 patients with physician-diagnosed CGHs and used matching, single-blinding, and independent samples. Participants were divided into aromatherapy massage (AM) and placebo massage groups, with aromatherapy involving 15-min inhalations of essential oil/placebo and 5-min applications to cervical muscles daily for 14 days. Assessments included the Brief Pain Inventory-Short Form and neck flexion endurance tests. The AM group showed significant improvement in pain relief and life function scores but no notable increase in cervical muscle endurance. Fourteen days of aromatherapy effectively relieved pain and improved life functions.</p>","PeriodicalId":13081,"journal":{"name":"Holistic Nursing Practice","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6000,"publicationDate":"2025-07-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Holistic Nursing Practice","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1097/HNP.0000000000000712","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"INTEGRATIVE & COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Headaches are a common symptom. However, procedures for the use of aromatherapy and its effects on patients with cervicogenic headaches (CGHs) have yet to be determined. This study investigated the effects of a 14-day aromatherapy intervention on pain, life function, and neck flexion endurance in patients with CGHs. This pretest-posttest randomized controlled trial involved 24 patients with physician-diagnosed CGHs and used matching, single-blinding, and independent samples. Participants were divided into aromatherapy massage (AM) and placebo massage groups, with aromatherapy involving 15-min inhalations of essential oil/placebo and 5-min applications to cervical muscles daily for 14 days. Assessments included the Brief Pain Inventory-Short Form and neck flexion endurance tests. The AM group showed significant improvement in pain relief and life function scores but no notable increase in cervical muscle endurance. Fourteen days of aromatherapy effectively relieved pain and improved life functions.
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Holistic Nursing Practice (HNP), The Science of Health and Healing, is a peer-reviewed bimonthly journal that explores holistic models of nursing practice. Content emphasizes complementary traditional and holistic nursing and healthcare practices. Articles include theory-based interventions and their outcomes, including: innovations in holistic nursing practice; research related to holistic nursing practice, health care, and policy; and values and ethical-legal issues related to holistic nursing practices. The holistic approach is a worldview that emphasizes the potential for health and healing in human systems rather than on disease process and deficit.
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