Alzheimer's Disease
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention group:Lavender essential oil aromatherapy combined with routine treatment
Control group:Conventional therapy
Sponsors
Beijing Geriatric Hospital
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
60 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Aged >=60 years; 2. All of them meet the diagnostic criteria for possible Alzheimer's disease of the National Institute of Neurology, Speech and Communication Disorders and Stroke - Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Society (NINCDS/ADRDA); 3. Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) score: illiterate (uneducated) group 6 years) group =1; 5. Able to cooperate with the completion of relevant scales.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Vascular dementia, Lewy body dementia, frontotemporal dementia, Parkinson's disease dementia and other central nervous system disorders caused by dementia (such as brain tumor, multiple sclerosis, encephalitis, epilepsy, normal intracranial pressure hydrocephalus, etc.); Dementia due to metabolic and nutritional deficiencies (e.g., abnormal thyroid function, persistent hypoglycemia, vitamin B12 deficiency, folate deficiency, etc.); Alcoholism, drug abuse and other conditions known to lead to dementia; 2. Severe functional failure of important organs and critically ill patients; 3. Patients with asthma, urticaria and allergy to pollen in the past; 4. Patients with mental and behavioral disorders, schizophrenia and emotional disorders caused by the use of psychoactive substances.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Neuropsychiatric inventory; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Cornell scale for depression in dementia;Chinese version of the health questionnaire;Quality of life in Alzheimer's disease; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactLi Mo
Beijing Geriatric Hospital
Outcome results
None listed