We hope the response enhances discussion in the journal and adds value to the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management.

We thank Mr. Kobayashi and his colleagues for their interest in our manuscript entitled “Effect of aromatherapy massage on quality of sleep in the palliative care ward: a randomized controlled trial.” We truly support them in utilizing the results of our study for their future study. We are grateful that their letter did not condemn the flaws of our study or provide rebuttals. Howe ver, we want to state the following comments with regard to their letter:
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - Category: Palliative Care Authors: Source Type: research