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What is Aromatherapy?

Aromatherapy is a form of alternative medicine that uses volatile liquid plant materials, known as essential oils (EOs), and other aromatic compounds from plants for the purpose of affecting a person's mood or health.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Stress 18 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_none
General health 11 1 Efficacy_major
Promote relaxation 7 2 Efficacy_moderate
Anxious mood 6 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
Treat my mood condition(s) 5 1 Efficacy_moderate
Other 4 0

See all 50 patients currently having Aromatherapy

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 1
None
 6

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Aromatherapy

Allergies 1

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Aromatherapy

Always
 1 14%
Usually
 3 43%
Sometimes
 3 43%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Aromatherapy

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 0 0%
Not at all
 7 100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Aromatherapy

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 4 100%

Report created on May 28, 2012.