Bergamot and Reduced Anxiety

• Efficacy of Inhaled Essential Oil Use on Selected Symptoms Affecting Quality of Life in Patients With Cancer Receiving Infusion Therapies.

  • 2022-06-01
  • RCT · n = 248
  • Oncology nursing forum 49(4)
  • • Amber S Williams
    • Jessica Dove
    • Julia E Krock
    • Corinna M Strauss
    • Shannon Panda
    • Loraine T Sinnott
    • Amy E Rettig

  • PubMed: 35788739
  • DOI: 10.1188/22.onf.349-358

  4 Insights on

  • Reduced Anxiety

  • High evidence
  • Large Human Trial
  • Clinical

  Symptom burden was low.

  Effect

  Neutral

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  No

• 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

  • Reduced Anxiety

  • High evidence
  • Adults

  Additionally, a significant improvement was observed in depression, anxiety, and stress.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes

  Dose

  spray (concentration not specified in abstract)