The effects of lavender angustifolia essencial oil related to massaging with hot stones aid on reducing anxiety and loss’ weight in obese women
Abstract
Introduction: The obesity is closely related to quality of life, beyond that, psychological and behavioral factors may explain the relationship between obesity and anxiety/depression, to encourage health expansion, aromatherapy is a resource with enough results, few explored in anxiety and weight reduction on obese people. Objective: To investigate the relation of using Lavender angustifolia oil in anxiety score reduction and loss’ weight in obese women. Materials and Methods: intervention study with no group control, composed by obese women, the data were collected from April until October 2019, anthropometic measures were analyzed (weight/stature), to measure their anxiety, was used the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI). The intervention was with massage and essencial Lavender angustifolia 3% oil inhaling, diluted on sweet almonds’ vegetable oil totalizing eight massage sessions in witch had dured 35 minutes, in addition to contact with the lavender oil during the massage, the participants took home a bottle with the same oil as used on the procedure to drip one (1) drop on the pillow before the sleep, every night for the 30 subsequent research days. Results: Anxiety decreasing (p=0,002), just like loss’ weight (p=0,022) but without changing the body mass index (p=0,110). Conclusion: The aromatherapy with Lavender angustifolia essencial oil can be used as an alternative treatment to reduce anxiety and in consequence, loss weight in obese people.
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