A randomized, controlled cross-over trial of dermally-applied lavender (Lavandula angustifolia) oil as a treatment of agitated behaviour in dementia

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  O'Connor, Daniel W ^a   Eppingstall, Barbara ^a   Taffe, John ^a   Van Der Ploeg, Eva S ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Dementia; Lavender; Mood; Randomised controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL; JOJOBA OIL; LAVENDER OIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFFECT; AGED; AGITATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAVANDULA ANGUSTIFOLIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RAT; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SYNAPSE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; AROMATHERAPY; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAVANDULA; MALE; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT OILS; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84887366792     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-13-315     Document Type: Article

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