Stress
Conditions
Keywords
nurse, aromatherapy, music
Brief summary
The purpose of the Doctor of Nursing Practice research project is to determine if nurses who receive chamomile-lavender aromatherapy and listen to music during a 20-minute break once per shift for 8 weeks, will experience report decreased work stress (measured by self-reported symptoms of anxiety) compared to before the aromatherapy and music intervention during breaks. The investigators know nurses are at high risk for stress and anxiety. Despite the current processes and policies in place at Northwestern Memorial Hospital that support nurses to take breaks during their shifts, nurses continue to share feeling stressed and anxious. Included in this Doctor of Nursing Practice research project is an evidence synthesis of fourteen studies supporting the idea that combining aromatherapy and music can reduce anxiety in both adults and children. The evidence-based intervention being studied is administering lavender-chamomile essential oil aromatherapy and listening to music during 20-minute non-meal breaks once a shift for 8 weeks. Participants will go to a quiet breakroom, pour 3 drops of lavender-chamomile essential oil onto a non-adhesive 2X2 gauze pad, and place the pad about 20 centimeters from their noses while also listening to their preferred calming music through their personal phones and wireless earbuds or headphones for twenty minutes.
Interventions
OTHERlavender-chamomile aromatherapy oil and music
There is only one experimental arm in this study. All participants will self-administer aromatherapy oil while listening to music during their scheduled 20-minute rest break during work hours.
Sponsors
Northwestern University
Northwestern Medicine
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
-CCU nurses at NM AMC providing direct patient care.
Exclusion criteria
* currently pregnant * allergic to essential oils
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Measure of workplace stress | The Beck Anxiety Inventory will be given before the intervention begins. At week 10, after the 8-week intervention period, the participants will be asked to complete the Beck Anxiety Inventory again as a post-intervention measure. | The Beck Anxiety Inventory will be used to measure workplace stress. Scores on this tool range from a total of 0 to 63. There are 21 items and each item can receive a score of 0 to 3. Higher scores are associated with higher stress/anxiety. |
| stress | The Beck Anxiety Inventory will be given before the intervention begins. At week 10, after the 8-week intervention period, the participants will be asked to complete the Beck Anxiety Inventory again as a post-intervention measure. | The Beck Anxiety Inventory will be used to assess levels of workplace stress before and after this intervention. |
Countries
United States
Contacts
CONTACTAngela Maeder, PhD, RNC-OB
CONTACTSarah Buenaventura, MSN, RN, NE-BC
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORAngela Maeder, PhD, RNC-OB
Northwestern Medicine
Outcome results
None listed