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Does aroma massage therapy reduce premenstrual syndrome symptoms?
Aroma massage therapy significantly reduced PMS symptoms in the experimental group compared to control. However, the study design was quasi-experimental rather than a true randomized trial.
What they did
60 B.Sc. Nursing students with PMS were assigned to an experimental group (30) or control group (30). The experimental group received aroma massage therapy. PMS symptoms were measured before and after using a standardized pain intensity scale.
What they found
There was a clear difference in PMS symptom scores between the experimental and control groups after treatment. No clear associations were found between baseline PMS scores and demographic variables.
What it means for you
Aroma massage therapy appeared to reduce PMS symptoms. However, the study design was quasi-experimental rather than fully randomized, and participants were nursing students, so results may not apply to all women with PMS.
60
women studied
30
in experimental group
30
in control group
About the study
- Original title
- “A Quasi Experimental Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Aroma Massage Therapy on Premenstrual Syndrome among B.sc. Nursing Students of Dadra and Nagar Haveli & Daman & Diu”
- Authors
- KM CHAUHAN, M. Sunil Mathew
- Journal
- International Journal For Multidisciplinary Research
- Year
- 2025
- Study design
- Randomised trial
- What was tested
- Aroma massage therapy
- Open access
- Yes
- Read the paper
- doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2025.v07i02.39179
Original abstract
Abstract A quasi experimental study to evaluate the effectiveness of aromatherapy on premenstrual syndrome among B.Sc. Nursing Students of Dadra and Nagar Haveli & Daman & Diu. Method: those students having PMS randomly assigned to experimental group (30) and control group (30) by purposive sampling method. Standardized numerical pain intensity scale were used to assess the premenstrual syndrome during pre-test and post-test of aroma massage among experimental and control group of B.Sc. Nursing students. Results: data analysis was done using mean, SD, paired, unpaired’- tests and chi square. The results revels there is a significant difference in the premenstrual syndrome between the experimental group and control group (t=8.553p<0.0001) after the administration of aroma massage therapy. So, the research hypothesis H1 is accepted at 0.05 level of significance. The demographic data was depicted that there was no significant association between pre-test premenstrual syndrome score with selected demographic variable among B.Sc. Nursing students.
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