Effectiveness of aromatherapy on physical vitals of exercising females

Objective Aroma or scent therapy is one of the traditional treatments, which is presumed to be helpful in supporting and balancing the mind, body and soul. It is a complementary therapy that has been clinically proven to be beneficial in improving various attributes of life. The aim of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of aromatherapy on the physiological vitals of the healthy females

Methodology an observational study has been conducted to determine the effectiveness of Aromatherapy on Vitals and Physical Factors. This study targeted to recruit a small set of healthy females for the study. All the readings were collected at room temperature, between the months of November 2015 to January 2016. The recordings were compared by the two-tailed test, with probability taken as 1, to detect the influence of aromatherapy on physiological workings of the healthy human body that has been exposed to the physical strain due to the moderate level of exercise. The test involved the comparative analysis of the physiological vitals of those females who exercised regularly; their vitals were evaluated after a course of physical activity in two sets i.e. with and without aromatherapy

Result The result showed a significant difference in the pre and post status mainly in the readings for the cardiac output, pulse rate and body temperature, increases after physical activity of average intensity and is further supported by the aromatherapy

Conclusion The study came to the conclusion that aromatherapy has beneficial influences on the rate of body metabolism

verbal/social autopsy [VASA] child mortality inquiry to investigate under-five mortality determinants in slums of Karachi, Pakistan: a mix methods interventional study

Background Pakistan stands along top ten countries responsible for two-third of global child mortality burden. To improve Child Mortality [CM] estimates in Pakistan, there is an exigent need to understand the in-depth reasoning behind mortalities. In Pakistan, the data on cause-of-death [CoD] for a large number of child mortalities in Pakistan is either not available or not suitable for use. Pakistan uses an alternative technique called Verbal autopsy [VA]. Since VA only determines the biological cause of death [BCoD], and does not capture multitude of other modifiable social, cultural and health system determinants, it has a limited importance. Such non-biological determinants are captured by another technique i.e. Social Autopsy [SA]

Objective by integrating VA with SA, extended set of mortality related determinants will be explored, in addition to strengthening death notification coverage and assigning CoD in such missed out mortalities

Method under the working group of Health Advocacy Council for Women and Children [HACWC] in collaboration with Child Registry of Pakistan [CROP], mixed method [QUAN-QUAL] interventional study will be carried out in urban-slums of Karachi city using VASA-integrated under-five mortality investigative technique. Parents of dead children will be interviewed. Second stage of study will be followed by qualitative interviews with different cadres of stakeholders

Expected Outcomes by focusing the specific determinants related to case-management and care-seeking process [identified by The Pathway to Survival Framework-TPtoSF] an in-depth understanding of related determinants can be achieved, which will help in crafting potential interventions required to limit the barriers that increase the chances of CM in developing nations