Unique ID issued by UMIN | UMIN000020965 |
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Receipt number | R000023939 |
Scientific Title | The effect of aromatherapy on improving cognitive performance |
Date of disclosure of the study information | 2016/02/10 |
Last modified on | 2016/02/19 17:00:02 |
The effect of aromatherapy on improving cognitive performance
The effect of aromatherapy on improving cognitive performance
The effect of aromatherapy on improving cognitive performance
The effect of aromatherapy on improving cognitive performance
Japan |
Cognitively normal older adults
Adult |
Others
NO
This study will examine the effectiveness of aromatherapy on improving cognitive performance in cognitively normal older adults.
Efficacy
Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test (RAVLT) and Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test (PASAT) at baseline and 8 weeks
Stait-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) and Apathy Scale at baseline and 8 week
Interventional
Single arm
Non-randomized
Open -no one is blinded
Uncontrolled
1
Prevention
Other |
All participants ware a diffuser necklace everyday for 8 weeks except while bathing and sleeping. They add 1-2 drops of 100% pure essential oil into the necklace everyday.
65 | years-old | <= |
90 | years-old | > |
Male and Female
1) Age 65 to 89 years
2) Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) score of 24-30
3) Capacity to provide written informed consent
1) Current or past history of alcohol abuse/dependence
2) Current of past history of epilepsy
3) Less than 7 years of formal education
4) Current use of antidepressant or antipsychotic medications and long term use of sedative hypnotics (including anti-anxiety) medications
5) History of psychiatric or neurological disorders that could affect cognitive functions
6) Current serious concomitant diseases (including hepatic, renal, or endocrinological illnesses)
7) Current diseases resulting in olfactory dysfunction
40
1st name | |
Middle name | |
Last name | Hajime Tabuchi |
Keio University School of Medicine
Department of Neuropsychiatry
35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan
03-5363-3971
tabuchi@a8.keio.jp
1st name | |
Middle name | |
Last name | Taisei Wake |
Keio University School of Medicine
Department of Neuropsychiatry
35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan
03-5363-3971
taiseiwake@z8.keio.jp
Keio University School of Medicine
Department of Neuropsychiatry, Keio University School of Medicine
Self funding
NO
2016 | Year | 02 | Month | 10 | Day |
Unpublished
Completed
2015 | Year | 04 | Month | 27 | Day |
2015 | Year | 07 | Month | 30 | Day |
2016 | Year | 02 | Month | 10 | Day |
2016 | Year | 02 | Month | 19 | Day |
Value
https://center6.umin.ac.jp/cgi-open-bin/ctr_e/ctr_view.cgi?recptno=R000023939