Benefícios do uso dos óleos essenciais no tratamento da ansiedade: uma revisão integrativa

Abstract

Aromatherapy can be defined as the intentional use of Essential Oils in order to promote or improve health, well-being and hygiene. Anxiety is a natural mechanism of human physiology, but when anxious behavior goes beyond what is considered common, that is, there is no control or there are excesses, then there is a pathology. The general objective of the study is to carry out an integrative review on the benefits of using essential oils in the treatment of anxiety. The specific objectives are: to verify the main types of essential oils used to treat anxiety; understand the effectiveness of aromatherapy. This is an integrative review, the inclusion criteria were: i) articles in Portuguese and English in the last five years (on the date of the research), thus, from 2019 to 2024; ii) full text available in electronic format and free of charge and iii) be applied research compatible with at least one of the research objectives. And the exclusion criteria: articles published more than 6 years ago, articles in Spanish, review articles, monographs, dissertations, theses and studies that did not answer the study question. According to the selected studies, there was a significant improvement in the use of essential oils in the treatment of anxiety. It is concluded that there is a need for future research to be carried out analyzing the effectiveness of essential oils in.