The psychological effects of aromatherapy-massage in healthy postpartum mothers

Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Imura, Masumi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Aromatherapy; Clinical trial; Depression; Massage; Mother child relations; Mothers; Puerperium

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROMATHERAPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MASSAGE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; AFFECT; ANXIETY; AROMATHERAPY; CITRUS; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAVANDULA; MASSAGE; OILS, VOLATILE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33644519290     PISSN: 15269523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmwh.2005.08.009     Document Type: Article

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