Aromatherapy massage found to decrease stress and improve sleep in ICU patients
Patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) of any medical facility are often subject to various severe and life-threatening illnesses. Aside from the severity of their conditions, these patients must also deal with the surgical pain caused by “clinical, disease-related concerns, unknown encounters after surgery, quality of sleep, [and] restrictions in position after.” Now, a group of researchers from Atatürk University Research Hospital has recently proven that aromatherapy massage can help ease the pain of ICU patients post-surgery.
The researchers set out to confirm if aromatherapy massage can have a significant impact on the sleep quality and physiological parameters among post-surgery ICU patients. For the study, the researchers observed 60 patients that were sorted into two groups. The experimental group and control group were both made up of 30 patients, and the scientists gathered information for the study via “a data collection form on personal characteristics of the patients, a registration form on their physical parameters, and the Richards-Campbell Sleep Scale (RCSQ).”
Based on their findings, the experimental group showed a significant improvement in sleep quality and physiological parameters for ICU patients compared to the control group, which was not given aromatherapy massages. (MORE)
Source: Healing News
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