Effects of marjoram essential oil inhalation on levels of anxiety and stress in nurses working in a COVID-19 intensive care unit

Effects of marjoram essential oil inhalation on anxiety, stress and fatigue in nurses working in a COVID-19 intensive care unit

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

CRIS

Registry ID

KCT0007543

Enrollment

Registered

2022-07-22

Start date

2022-04-29

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2022-09-20

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Others(Inhalation of essential oil) : Participants were randomly assigned to the control and experimental groups. In the control group, 0.2 ml of almond oil was applied to gauze which attached to a pr

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1) Nurses working in a COVID-19 intensive care unit 2) Subjects with no olfactory dysfunction 3) Subjects who do not have allergic reaction to the aroma selected in this experiment 4) Subjects who are not pregnant or breastfeeding 5) Subjects who are not receiving treatment or taking certain medications due to illness

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1) Nurses who are not working in a COVID-19 intensive care unit 2) Subjects with olfactory dysfunction 3) Subjects who have allergic reaction to the aroma selected in this experiment 4) Subjects who are pregnant or breastfeeding 5) Subjects who are receiving treatment or taking certain medications due to illness

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Anxiety (visual analogue scale);Stress (visual analogue scale);State-Anxiety Inventory;Stress rating scale	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Systolic blood pressure;Diastolic blood pressure;Heart rate	—

Countries

Korea, Republic of

Contacts

Public ContactSang Wook Lee

Koera University Guro Hospital

lswpooh@korea.ac.kr+82-2-2626-1114

Outcome results