期刊名称：Cadernos de Naturologia e Terapias Complementares
印刷版ISSN：2316-915X
出版年度：2013
卷号：2
期号：2
页码：73-81
语种：Portuguese
出版社：Cadernos de Naturologia e Terapias Complementares
摘要：This study aimed at investigating, in the national and international scientific literature, how aromatherapy is used as a therapeutic tool to reduce anxiety. It is a bibliographic study that adopted integrative literature review as a method. Studies published on databases Scielo, Medline and Cinahl from 2008 to 2012 were selected. A sample of 20 scientific articles was analyzed, and of these, 13 had an experimental and a quasi-experimental design whereas 07 were systematic or integrative reviews. The synthesis of knowledge showedthat aromatherapy represents a safe therapeutic practice although it is still underestimated in health care practices. The construction of evidence levels was not possible due to discrepancies in the studied populations, in research designs, the various essential oils used and the different methods for aromatherapy application. The knowledge gaps identified in these studies are related to the need to develop new forms to evaluate the effectiveness of this practice, including the therapist-patient relationship and the different communication forms that are intrinsic to aromatherapy.
