Anxiety
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention Group 1: Fifteen nursing professors from a public university with at least a moderate level of anxiety (35 points from IDATE-Estado) will receive six aromatherapy massages on alternate da
Other
E02.190.599.750.750
Sponsors
Departamento de Enfermagem da Universidade Estadual Paulista
Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu
Universidade Estadual Paulista
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Healthy volunteers; both genders; age between 18 and 65 years; working regularly in the sector (Botucatu Medical School and Botucatu Institute of Biosciences); consent to participate in the research by signing the Free and Informed Consent Form; achieve minimum score of 35 points in the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory - State Subscale; olfactory odor of lavender essential oils (Lavandula angustifolia) and ylang-ylang (Canaga odorata); and declare that she is not pregnant.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Loss of follow-up of aromatherapy massage sessions.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Expected outcome: decreased levels of anxiety verified by the application of the Trace-State Anxiety Inventory - State Subscale (nationally validated instrument) and evidenced by the shift to a less intense level of anxiety after six aromatherapy massage sessions. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Expected Outcomes: Decreased stress levels verified by applying the Stress Symptoms List (nationally validated instrument) evidenced by moving to a less intense stress level after six aromatherapy massage sessions. increase in the pulse saturation index verified with the aid of a pulse oximeter before and after each aromatherapy massage session. Decreased heart rate verified with the aid of pulse oximeter, before and after each session of aromatherapy massage. Decreased systolic blood pressure verified by an aneroid sphygmomanometer, before and after each session of aromatherapy massage. Decreased diastolic blood pressure verified by aneroid sphygmomanometer, before and after each session of aromatherapy massage. | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactEliana Braga
Departamento de Enfermagem da Universidade Estadual Paulista
Outcome results
None listed