Research progress of the intervention effect of aromatherapy on fatigue of patients with physical diseases

Fatigue is commonly seen in patients with physical diseases. Continuous fatigue can affect the patient’s compliance with medication,rehabilitation exercises and disease self-management,it also has a negative impact on the patient’s daily work and life ability,family relations,and social functions such as interpersonal communication. In recent years,various interventions have been applied to clinical studies to explore the effects of anti-fatigue interventions. Among them,aromatherapy has been confirmed by foreign researchers as the effectiveness of anti-fatigue interventions for patients with physical diseases. In order to understand the research progress of aromatherapy anti-fatigue intervention,this article reviewed the concept,origin,anti-fatigue mechanismand intervention effect on fatigue of patients with physical diseases of aromatherapy,so as to provide a reference for the management of fatigue symptoms of clinical patients in China.