Chang Ying-Ying, Lin Chao-Ling, Chang Li-Yin
Nursing Department, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
St. Needs Aromatherapy Care Center, Palliative Ward, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2017;2017:3861273. doi: 10.1155/2017/3861273. Epub 2017 Jul 6.
The goal of this study is to examine the effects of aromatherapy massage on sleep quality of nurses with monthly rotating night shifts. Subjects were enrolled at a medical center in central Taiwan with overall score ≥ 5 of Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and randomly assigned to the treatment or control groups. They were validated by pretests during their first graveyard shift in the trial period and the sleep quality information was collected by using the PSQI and sleep detectors. During the second graveyard shift, the treatment group received aromatherapy massage and the control group rested in the same aromatherapy room after work. All subjects filled out the PSQI surveys and the sleep quality information was collected during massage or resting and the following night. We found that the total PSQI was significantly decreased in the treatment group following the aromatherapy massage. Specifically, the components such as subjective sleep quality, sleep disturbance, and daytime dysfunction were significantly decreased. However, there were no significant changes of average PSQI scores between the two groups before and after intervention. Taken together, our study suggested that aromatherapy massage could improve sleep quality of nurses with monthly rotating night shift.
本研究的目的是探讨香薰按摩对每月轮值夜班护士睡眠质量的影响。研究对象来自台湾中部的一家医疗中心，匹兹堡睡眠质量指数（PSQI）总分≥5分，并随机分为治疗组或对照组。在试验期的第一个夜班期间，通过预测试对他们进行验证，并使用PSQI和睡眠监测器收集睡眠质量信息。在第二个夜班期间，治疗组接受香薰按摩，对照组下班后在同一香薰室休息。所有受试者均填写PSQI调查问卷，并在按摩或休息期间及随后的夜晚收集睡眠质量信息。我们发现，香薰按摩后治疗组的PSQI总分显著降低。具体而言，主观睡眠质量、睡眠障碍和日间功能障碍等成分显著降低。然而，两组干预前后的PSQI平均得分没有显著变化。综上所述，我们的研究表明，香薰按摩可以改善每月轮值夜班护士的睡眠质量。
