The Effect of Aromatherapy Before Clinical Practice on Stress, Anxiety and Depression in Midwifery Students

The Effect of Petitgrain and Ylang-ylang Oil Applied Before Clinical Practice on Stress, Anxiety and Depression in Midwifery Students.

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT06193876

Enrollment

Registered

2024-01-05

Start date

2023-10-02

Completion date

2024-06-15

Last updated

2024-07-18

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Conditions

Aromatherapy, Depression, Stress

Brief summary

This study was planned as a randomized controlled study to determine the effects of petitgrain and ylang ylang oil applied before clinical practice on stress, anxiety and depression in midwifery students.

Interventions

OTHERPetitgrain and ylang-ylang essential oil

Petitgrain and ylan-ylang essential oil will be dropped to the handchief and students will smell it 3 times in a day.

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE (Subject)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

FEMALE

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Being a midwifery student

Exclusion criteria

* Having an asthma or any other respiration disease * Trouble of smelling * Allergies to petitgrain or ylang-ylang essential oil

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
depression level	1 day
stress level	1 day
anxiety level	1 day

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026