Discussion
In this study, subjects who received an aromatherapy massage once a week for 8 weeks showed a greater reduction in menopausal symptoms than those in the control group. More specifically, aromatherapy massage improved hot flushes, depression and pain in climacteric women.
Figure 1. Scores for each item in the Kupperman index at baseline and after eight weeks in the aromatherapy group (n ¼ 25) and the control group (n ¼ 27). * P50.05 compared with control group.
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Figure 2. Mean Kupperman index score at baseline and after 8 weeks in the aromatherapy group (n ¼ 25) and the control group (n ¼ 27).