Research Article
Aromatherapy: Does It Help to Relieve Pain, Depression, Anxiety, and Stress in Community-Dwelling Older Persons?
Table 3
Geriatric pain assessment of the intervention and control groups.
| | | Intervention group () | | Control group () | Group difference | | | Baseline | Postintervention | value# | Baseline | Postintervention | value# | Baseline | Postintervention | | | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | value# | value# |
| | Pain more than 3 months | | | — | | | — | — | — | | Yes | 44 (100) | 44 (100) | | 38 (100) | 38 (100) | | | | | No | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | | | | | Pattern of pain | | | 0.086 | | | 0.180 | 0.299 | 0.575 | | Occasional | 24 (54.5) | 28 (63.6) | | 18 (47.4) | 21 (55.3) | | | | | Persistent | 20 (45.5) | 16 (36.4) | | 20 (52.6) | 17 (44.7) | | | | | Frequency (per day) | | | 0.059 | | | 0.070 | 0.384 | 0.667 | | 1 | 3 (6.8) | 7 (15.9) | | 3 (7.9) | 3 (7.9) | | | | | 2 | 5 (11.4) | 11 (25) | | 3 (7.9) | 7 (18.4) | | | | | 3 | 11 (25) | 3 (6.8) | | 5 (13.2) | 6 (15.8) | | | | | 4 | 3 (6.8) | 1 (2.3) | | 6 (15.8) | 1 (2.6) | | | | | 5 | 1 (2.3) | 2 (4.5) | | 2 (5.3) | 2 (5.3) | | | | | More than 5 | 21 (47.7) | 20 (45.5) | | 19 (50) | 19 (50) | | | |
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Percentages may not add up to 100% because of rounding.
#The Chi-square test was used.
A value of <0.05 was considered statistically significant.
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