The Effect of Citrus Aurantium Aroma on the Sleep Quality in Postmenopausal Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Zahra Abbaspoor, Amir Siahposh, Nahid Javadifar and 3 others
PMID 35372632WHAT IT FOUND
Postmenopausal women with sleep problems who inhaled Citrus aurantium aroma for four weeks reported better sleep than women who inhaled almond oil.
No adverse effects were reported.
Key findings
01Citrus aurantium group PSQI scores changed from 12.08 at baseline to 5.75 at the end of the trial, while control scores changed from 12.4 to 13.0.
02The control group did not show a significant change in PSQI scores, while the Citrus aurantium group did.
03No adverse effects such as headache, dizziness, dyspnea, nausea or vomiting were reported during the intervention.
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What it does not show
Only short-term effects were assessed. Other factors that could affect sleep, such as diet and stress, were not assessed, and sleep problem onset was not checked. Participants were limited to women aged 45 to 60 with PSQI score 5 or higher and without mental or physical diseases, smoking, alcohol use, allergic rhinitis, asthma, or recent stressful events. The study was done in Iran with postmenopausal women, so it may not apply to other groups. The results table analysed 36 and 37 women after withdrawals.
The easy way to misread this
Do not conclude that Citrus aurantium aroma is a proven treatment for all sleep problems. The study only followed postmenopausal women for four weeks, used a questionnaire outcome, and excluded women with other health problems, so it does not show long-term benefit or generalise to other patients.