title: [Massage with aromatherapy: effectiveness on anxiety of users with personality disorders in psychiatric hospitalization].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the effectiveness of aromatherapy massage using the essential oils (0.5%) of Lavandula angustifolia and Pelargonium graveolens for anxiety reduction in patients with personality disorders during psychiatric hospitalization.
  
  
  METHODS
  Uncontrolled clinical trial with 50 subjects submitted to six massages with aromatherapy, performed on alternate days, on the cervical and the posterior thoracic regions. Vital data (heart and respiratory rate) were collected before and after each session and an anxiety scale (Trait Anxiety Inventory-State) was applied at the beginning and end of the intervention. The results were statistically analyzed with the chi square test and paired t test.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was a statistically significant decrease (p < 0.001) of the heart and respiratory mean rates after each intervention session, as well as in the inventory score.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Aromatherapy has demonstrated effectiveness in anxiety relief, considering the decrease of heart and respiratory rates in patients diagnosed with personality disorders during psychiatric hospitalization.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, Department of Nursing, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, Botucatu, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Thiago da Silva
authors.initials: Tda S
authors.lastname: Domingos
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine of Botucatu, Departament of Nursing, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, Botucatu, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Eliana Mara
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Braga
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D019341:Aromatherapy; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008405:Massage; D008875:Middle Aged; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000150:complications; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult