TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of rose and lavender scents on nurses' job stress
T2 - A randomized controlled trial
AU - Emadikhalaf, Mohsen
AU - Ghods, Ali Asghar
AU - Sotodeh-Asl, Nemat
AU - Mirmohamadkhani, Majid
AU - Vaismoradi, Mojtaba
N1 - Funding Information:
We would like to thank the Nursing Care Research to provide facilities for this study and also all nurses who participated in this study for their sincere cooperation. This study was a part of a research supported financially by Semnan University of Medical Sciences ( Grant no: 642 ).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2023
PY - 2023/1/7
Y1 - 2023/1/7
N2 - Introduction: A high percentage of nurses working in hospitals suffer from job stress and related psychological problems. This study aimed to examine and compare the effects of aromatherapy using lavender and rose essential oils on nurses’ job stress. Materials and methods: This randomized placebo controlled trial was conducted on 118 eligible nurses who were randomly assigned into three groups of lavender (n = 39), rose (n = 40), and sesame seed as placebo (n = 39). The nurses received lavender and rose scents for two hours a day during four weeks. The Gray-Toft and Anderson's Nursing Stress Scale (NSS) was used to measure job stress before the interventions on the first day, and at the end of the second and fourth weeks. Descriptive and inferential statistics tests were used for data analysis. The statistical significance level was set at p < 0.05. Results: No statistically significant differences between the groups in job stress before the interventions and at the end of the second week were observed. There were statistically significant differences between the groups at the end of the fourth week (p
AB - Introduction: A high percentage of nurses working in hospitals suffer from job stress and related psychological problems. This study aimed to examine and compare the effects of aromatherapy using lavender and rose essential oils on nurses’ job stress. Materials and methods: This randomized placebo controlled trial was conducted on 118 eligible nurses who were randomly assigned into three groups of lavender (n = 39), rose (n = 40), and sesame seed as placebo (n = 39). The nurses received lavender and rose scents for two hours a day during four weeks. The Gray-Toft and Anderson's Nursing Stress Scale (NSS) was used to measure job stress before the interventions on the first day, and at the end of the second and fourth weeks. Descriptive and inferential statistics tests were used for data analysis. The statistical significance level was set at p < 0.05. Results: No statistically significant differences between the groups in job stress before the interventions and at the end of the second week were observed. There were statistically significant differences between the groups at the end of the fourth week (p
KW - Aromatherapy
KW - Job stress
KW - Lavandula
KW - Non-pharmacologic method
KW - Nurses
KW - Patient safety
KW - Rose
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U2 - 10.1016/j.explore.2023.01.002
DO - 10.1016/j.explore.2023.01.002
M3 - Article
C2 - 36646611
SN - 1550-8307
JO - Explore: the Journal of Science and Healing
JF - Explore: the Journal of Science and Healing
ER -