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Effectiveness of aromatherapy massage in the management of anxiety and depression in patients with cancer : a multicenter randomized controlled trial . PURPOSE To test the effectiveness of supplementing usual supportive care with aromatherapy massage in the management of anxiety and depression in cancer patients through a pragmatic two-arm randomized controlled trial in four United Kingdom cancer centers and a hospice . PATIENTS AND METHODS Two hundred eighty-eight cancer patients , referred to complementary therapy services with clinical anxiety and/or depression , were allocated randomly to a course of aromatherapy massage or usual supportive care alone . RESULTS Patients who received aromatherapy massage had no significant improvement in clinical anxiety and/or depression compared with those receiving usual care at 10 weeks postrandomization ( odds ratio [ OR ] , 1.3 ; 95 % CI , 0.9 to 1.7 ; P = .1 ) , but did at 6 weeks postrandomization ( OR , 1.4 ; 95 % CI , 1.1 to 1.9 ; P = .01 ) . Patients receiving aromatherapy massage also described greater improvement in self-reported anxiety at both 6 and 10 weeks postrandomization ( OR , 3.4 ; 95 % CI , 0.2 to 6.7 ; P = .04 and OR , 3.4 ; 95 % CI , 0.2 to 6.6 ; P = .04 ) , respectively . CONCLUSION Aromatherapy massage does not appear to confer benefit on cancer patients ' anxiety and/or depression in the long-term , but is associated with clinically important benefit up to 2 weeks after the intervention .
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aromatherapy massage
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aromatherapy massage
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aromatherapy massage
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usual supportive care alone
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aromatherapy massage
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aromatherapy massage
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anxiety and depression
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effectiveness
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clinical anxiety and/or depression
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self-reported anxiety
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anxiety
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depression
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