Effect of aromatherapy in relieving primary dysmenorrhea pain:a Meta-analysis
CHENG Chunfang
YUN Jie
HE Qinrui
MAO Yuting
WU Tingting
ZHANG Man
Abstract：Objective:To evaluate the effect of aromatherapy in relieving pain in patients with primary dysmenorrhea.Methods:Randomized controlled trials(RCTs)of aromatherapy intervention for patients with primary dysmenorrhea were retrieved from PubMed,the Cochrane Library,Web of Science,Embase,China National Knowledge Infrastructure(CNKI),CBM,WanFang Database,and VIP Database,from the establishment of the database to January 2023.RevMan 5.4 software was used for Meta-analysis.Results:A total of 9 relevant articles were included,and the combined effect size showed that pain degree[MD=-1.74,95％CI(-2.25,-1.23),P＜0.000 01],pain duration[MD=-2.79,95％CI(-5.23,-0.36),P=0.02]were statistically significantly different between the two groups.Conclusions:Aromatherapy could reduce the degree and duration of pain in patients with primary dysmenorrhea.
Keywords：aromatherapyprimary dysmenorrheameta-analysis
Publication Date：2024-02-15
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：5( 411-415 )