Hashemi Narges, Nazari Fatemeh, Faghih Aref, Forughi Mostafa
Department of Adult Health, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Isfahan Neurosciences Research Center, Department of Adult Health, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
J Educ Health Promot. 2021 Sep 30;10:349. doi: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_88_21. eCollection 2021.
People experience extreme anxiety in testing situations, so it considers as a psychological condition and can actually impair learning and hurt test performance. People experience some degree of stress and anxiety before and during examinations. This study aimed to investigate the effect of blended aromatherapy using lavender and damask rose oils on the test anxiety of nursing students.
The present study was a single-blinded clinical trial study. Seventy nursing students were selected and randomly assigned to two experimental and sham groups. For the experimental group, seven droplets of lavender, 10%, and three droplets of damask rose oil, 10%, and for the sham group, ten droplets of sesame oil were poured on a nonabsorbent pad which was placed within a 20-cm distance from the students' noses on their chairs' handles. The data were collected by using a two-part questionnaire including demographic information and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory 1, before, 15 min after the intervention, and immediately at the end of the test. Data were analyzed using descriptive (frequency, mean, and standard deviation) and inferential (independent -test, ANOVA with repeated measure, Fisher's exact test, and least significant difference test) statistics.
It was found that no significant difference between the two groups in terms of age, the number of credits, Semester Grade Point Average and, gender, place of residence and marital status and the two groups were almost identical in regard of the above variables ( > 0.05). State anxiety mean scores of the experimental group were lower than the mean scores of the sham group, 15 min after the intervention and at the end of the test, and the difference between the groups was statistically significant ( < 0.05).
Blended aromatherapy is effective in improving the test anxiety of nursing students. Therefore, it can be used as a therapeutic approach to reduce test anxiety.
人们在考试情境中会体验到极度焦虑，因此它被视为一种心理状况，实际上会损害学习并影响考试成绩。人们在考试前和考试期间会经历一定程度的压力和焦虑。本研究旨在探讨薰衣草油和大马士革玫瑰油混合香薰疗法对护理专业学生考试焦虑的影响。
本研究为单盲临床试验研究。选取70名护理专业学生，随机分为两个实验组和假处理组。实验组在一个不吸水的垫子上滴入7滴10%的薰衣草油和3滴10%的大马士革玫瑰油，假处理组则滴入10滴芝麻油，将垫子放在学生椅子把手上距离鼻子20厘米处。在干预前、干预后15分钟以及考试结束时，使用包含人口统计学信息和状态-特质焦虑量表1的两部分问卷收集数据。数据采用描述性统计（频率、均值和标准差）和推断性统计（独立样本t检验、重复测量方差分析、Fisher精确检验和最小显著差异检验）进行分析。
发现两组在年龄、学分数量、平均绩点、性别、居住地点和婚姻状况方面无显著差异，两组在上述变量方面几乎相同（P>0.05）。干预后15分钟和考试结束时，实验组的状态焦虑平均得分低于假处理组，两组间差异具有统计学意义（P<0.05）。
混合香薰疗法在改善护理专业学生考试焦虑方面有效。因此，它可作为一种减轻考试焦虑的治疗方法。
