Together with the Bland Allison Act, the successful specie resumption effected a workable compromise between inflationists and hard money men and, as the world economy began to improve, agitation for more greenbacks and silver coinage quieted down for the rest of Hayes's term in office.
10 Few studies have, however, explored the potential utility of treating pain as a way of improving agitation.
This finding is consistent with previous studies demonstrating that both aroma-acupressure and aromatherapy can improve agitation [ 6, 7].
In the aroma-acupressure and aromatherapy groups, the pre-test CMAI score was significantly higher compared with the post-test and post-three-week scores, which indicates that both aroma-acupressure and aromatherapy can immediately and persistently improve agitation.
According to the HRV and the CMAI, aroma-acupressure was better able to improve agitation, inhibit the sympathetic nervous system, and activate the parasympathetic nervous system compared with aromatherapy.
After further comparison of the declining CMAI scores between the aroma-acupressure and aromatherapy groups in the post-test and post-three-week assessments, the decline in the aroma-acupressure group was larger compared with that in the aromatherapy group, which demonstrates that aroma-acupressure was better able to improve agitation compared with aromatherapy.
Therefore, the purpose of this study was to perform a rigorous clinical trial to explore the potential ability of aroma-acupressure and aromatherapy to improve agitation in dementia patients, with the aim of generating a simple and nonintrusive protocol that could be provided to caregivers.
Lavender and lemon balms are two common essential oils that are used in aromatherapy, and studies have shown that these plants possess calming and relaxing qualities, promote healthy sleep [ 12, 13], ameliorate agitation, and improve quality of life in dementia patients.
