the effect of lavender aromatherapy on autonomic nervous system in midlife women with insomnia薰衣草芳香疗法的效果在自主神经系统在中年女性失眠.pdfVIP

Hindawi Publishing Corporation Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine Volume 2012, Article ID 740813, 8 pages doi:10.1155/2012/740813 Research Article The Effect of Lavender Aromatherapy on Autonomic Nervous System in Midlife Women with Insomnia Li-Wei Chien,1, 2 Su Li Cheng,3 and Chi Feng Liu4 1 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan 2 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan 3 National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences, Taipei, Taiwan 4 Graduate Institute of Integration of Traditional Chinese Medicine with Western Nursing, National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences, No. 365 Ming-De Road, Beitou, Taipei 11211, Taiwan Correspondence should be addressed to Chi Feng Liu, oriwealth@.tw Received 29 December 2010; Accepted 6 June 2011 Academic Editor: Adair Roberto Soares Santos Copyright © 2012 Li-Wei Chien et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The objective of this study is to determine the effects of 12 weeks of lavender aromatherapy on self-reported sleep and heart rate variability (HRV) in the midlife women with insomnia. Sixty-seven women aged 45–55 years, with a CPSQI (Chinese version of Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index) greater than 5, were recruited from communities in Taiwan. The experimental group (n = 34) received lavender inhalation, 20 min each time, twice per week, for 12 weeks, with a total of 24 times. The control group (n = 33) received health education program for sleep hygiene with no interventio