碩士 / 經國管理暨健康學院 / 健康產業管理研究所 / 102 / Although aromatherapy is now being used more frequently in health care, more empirical research is needed to confirm if the long-term use of aromatherapy improves the health of elderly patients with dementia. This study was conducted to determine if using long-term sniff style aromatherapy can improve the health condition of elderly people with dementia.
A quasi-experimental research method was used to study people with dementia who are over 65 years old. We used purposive sampling to select 32 non-ambulatory dementia residents, which subsequently were divided at random into an experimental group of 16 and a control group of 16. Two of the subjects did not follow through with the treatment, and consequently the experimental group contained 15 subjects and the control group contained 15 subjects for a total of 30 subjects. For this research, the experimental group was treated with a fumigation compound that contained cedar, bergamot, lavender, and sandalwood oil, and the control group was treated with a pure water spray. Both groups treated for thirty minutes three times a week for four weeks for a total of 12 treatments.
We assessed the efficacy of the treatment using EEG evaluations both before and after the treatment and used statistical analysis to determine if the treatment was effective. This study showed that sniff aromatherapy oils can relieve the discomfort of both body and psychologically for elderly people with dementia.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:TW/102CKUI0743014 |
| Date | January 2014 |
| Creators | Wu, Jou-Ching, 吳柔靚 |
| Contributors | Ting, Tao-Ming, 丁導民 |
| Source Sets | National Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations in Taiwan |
| Language | zh-TW |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Format | 104 |
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