Aromatherapy for dementia.
CONCLUSIONS: We have not found any convincing evidence that aromatherapy (or exposure to fragrant plant oils) is beneficial for people with dementia although there are many limitations to the data. Conduct or reporting problems in half of the included studies meant that they could not contribute to the conclusions. Results from the other studies were inconsistent. Harms were very poorly reported in the included studies. In order for clear conclusions to be drawn, better design and reporting and consistency of outcome measurement in future trials would be needed.
PMID: 32813272 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - Category: General Medicine Authors: Ball EL, Owen-Booth B, Gray A, Shenkin SD, Hewitt J, McCleery J Tags: Cochrane Database Syst Rev Source Type: research
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