Effects of Aroma Massage on Home Blood Pressure, Ambulatory Blood Pressure, and Sleep Quality in Middle-Aged Women with Hypertension

Table 3

Aroma massage on office BP.

Time	Aroma (𝑛=28)	Placebo (𝑛=28)	𝑡	𝑃
SBP
1st session
Pre	124.0±11.1	125.8±15.7	−0.49	0.63
Post	112.8±12.4	118.9±15.2	−1.63	0.11
2nd session
Pre	119.0±11.7	121.4±11.5	−0.78	0.44
Post	108.5±10.8	119.7±13.3	−3.44	0.001
3rd session
Pre	118.2±10.7	122.3±13.1	−1.28	0.21
Post	109.7±11.1	118.6±13.9	−2.65	0.01
4th session
Pre	119.0±10.3	125.1±15.5	−1.75	0.09
Post	111.1±9.9	122.9±15.9	−3.33	0.002
5th session
Pre	119.4±12.1	126.6±15.7	−1.93	0.06
Post	108.9±9.7	125.0±14.6	−4.87	<0.001
Group: 𝐹=13.34,𝑃=0.001; time: 𝐹=2.15,𝑃=0.08;
group × time: 𝐹=3.63,𝑃=0.007
DBP
1st session
Pre	74.3±7.7	76.0±10.9	−0.67	0.51
Post	71.8±8.4	74.7±9.7	−1.19	0.24
2nd session
Pre	72.1±8.4	74.3 ± 8.0	−1.01	0.32
Post	67.8±7.8	74.8 ± 9.3	−3.09	0.003
3rd session
Pre	72.7±7.7	73.7 ± 8.0	−0.50	0.62
Post	70.2±7.8	74.6 ± 8.3	−2.08	0.04
4th session
Pre	73.1±6.8	76.0 ± 9.8	−1.27	0.21
Post	72.0±6.7	77.4 ± 10.1	−2.38	0.02
5th session
Pre	72.6±8.3	76.0 ± 9.9	−1.38	0.18
Post	69.5±6.4	78.1 ± 10.3	−3.76	<0.001
Group: 𝐹=8.46,𝑃=0.005; time: 𝐹=3.84,𝑃=0.005;
group × time: 𝐹=2.79,𝑃=0.03

Values are expressed as mean ± standard deviation.
BP: blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; SBP: systolic blood pressure.