Effects of Aromatherapy on Physical and Mental Health of Cancer Patients Undergoing Radiotherapy and/or Chemotherapy: A Meta-Analysis

作     者：XIE Shuang-ran MA Liang XU Xin-yu ZHOU Shu XIE Hui-miao XIE Chang-sheng XIE Shuang-ran;MA Liang;XU Xin-yu;ZHOU Shu;XIE Hui-miao;XIE Chang-sheng

作者机构：The First Clinical Medical CollegeZhejiang Chinese Medical UniversityHangzhou 310053China Department of Medical OncologyHangzhou Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital Affiliated to Zhejiang Chinese Medical UniversityHangzhou 310007China Department of Dermatologythe Third Xiangya HospitalCentral South UniversityChangsha 410013China Department of Famous Chinese Medicine Clinicthe Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical UniversityHangzhou 310005China Department of Medical Oncologythe First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical UniversityHangzhou 310006China 

出 版 物：《Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine》 (中国结合医学杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2024年第30卷第5期

页      面：449-457页

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学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100214[医学-肿瘤学] 10[医学] 

基　　金：Supported by National College Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program (Project No.202210344031) 

主　　题：aromatherapy cancer chemoradiotherapy physical psychological 

摘      要：Backgroup:Currently,aromatherapy is being increasingly utilized in clinical practice,particularly in managing the side effects associated with radiotherapy and ***,it remains to be established whether aromatherapy can effectively alleviate these ***:To investigate the effects of aromatherapy on the physical and mental health of patients with cancer undergoing radiotherapy and ***:Seven databases were researched from inception until September 29,2023,including PubMed,Scopus,and Web of Science,Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure,Wanfang database,China Biology Medicine disc and VIP Chinese Medical Journal *** Manager version 5.3 was utilized for data *** Cochrane Risk of Bias tool RoB2 was employed to evaluate the quality of the literature included in the *** quality rating was assessed using the Grading of Recommendations Assessment,Development,and Evaluation(GRADE) approach through the GRADEpro GDT online ***:Nineteen studies involving 1,541 patients were *** can alleviate nausea [relative risk(RR)=0.64,95% confidence interval(CI):0.53 to 0.78,P0.05,I^(2)=46%;standardized mean difference(SMD)=-0.86,95% CI:-1.21 to-0.51,P0.05,I^(2)=64%] and vomiting(RR=0.54,95% CI:0.42 to 0.69,P0.05,I^(2)=35%;SMD=-1.28,95% CI:-1.52 to-1.03,P0.05,I^(2)=92%),improve sleep disorders [mean difference(MD)=-3.39,95% CI:-3.95 to-2.84,P0.05,I^(2)=0%],relieve pain(SMD=-1.58,95% CI:-1.96 to-1.21,P0.05,I^(2)=0%),mitigate fatigue(SMD=-1.28,95% CI:-2.44 to-0.11,P0.05,I^(2)=93%) and enhance quality of life(SMD=0.50,95% CI:0.22 to 0.79,P0.05,I^(2)=0%) in cancer patients after radiotherapy and chemotherapy,but it may not have a significant effect on *** risk of bias was high in the included studies using the Cochrane Risk of Bias tool RoB2,and no studies were considered to be of high grade according to the GRADE ***:Aromatherapy is an efficacious,safe a