Bergamot and Improved Sleep Quality

• Relieving psychological stress and improving sleep quality by bergamot essential oil use before bedtime and upon awakening: A randomized crossover trial.

  • 2023-10
  • RCT · n = 48
  • Complementary therapies in medicine 77
  • • Nobuyuki Wakui
    • Chikako Togawa
    • Kotoha Ichikawa
    • Raini Matsuoka
    • Mai Watanabe
    • Aika Okami
    • Shunsuke Shirozu
    • Miho Yamamura
    • Yoshiaki Machida

  • PubMed: 37625623
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2023.102976

  5 Insights on

  • Improved Sleep Quality

  • High evidence
  • Adults

  A significant improvement was observed in 'refreshing on rising' ... in the bergamot group.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes

  Dose

  spray (concentration not specified in abstract)

• The effects of aromatherapy massage in menopausal women with knee osteoarthritis: A randomized controlled study.

  • 2024-11
  • RCT · n = 20
  • Explore (New York, N.Y.) 20(6)
  • • Şerife İrem Döner
    • Hasan Gerçek
    • Özlem Akkoyun Sert
    • Ayça Aytar
    • Aydan Aytar

  • PubMed: 38845299
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.explore.2024.05.012

  4 Insights on

  • Improved Sleep Quality

  • High evidence
  • Clinical

  It was determined that aromatherapy massage with BEO did not create a significant difference between the sleep quality scale scores in the control group and the placebo group (p=0.454)

  Effect

  Neutral

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  No