Evaluation of the Efficacy of Aromatherapy on the Well-being of Hospital Healthcare Professionals: a Randomized Cross-over Trial
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 51
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- World Health Organization index of well-being
研究概览
简要总结
The main objective is to evaluate the efficacy of aromatherapy (inhaler sticks) on the well-being of healthcare professionals practicing in medical and surgical intensive care unit, operating room/anesthesia and emergency departments
详细描述
The secondary objectives of this study are :
- To evaluate the efficacy of aromatherapy on anxiety of healthcare professionals;
- To evaluate the efficacy of aromatherapy on stress symptoms of healthcate professionals;
- To assess compliance with aromatherapy.
Conduct of research:
All participants included in the study will receive the study treatment (essential oils mixtures in inhaler sticks for 2 months) and the control (no intervention for 2 months), in random order. At inclusion and at the end of each period, questionnaires of well-being, anxiety and stress will be completed.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Crossover
- 主要目的
- Other
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Healthcare professional ;
- •Working in a medical or surgical intensive care unit or in a operating room/anesthesia unit or in the emergency department;
- •Agrees not to use any topical, oral or inhaled essential oils during the two study periods, other than those specified in the study protocol;
- •Written informed consent;
排除标准
- •Pregnant or breastfeeding woman;
- •Known allergies to essential oils;
- •Scheduled departure from the unit;
- •Antidepressant treatment or anxiolytic treatment;
- •Taking topical, oral or inhaled essential oils durink the week prior to inclusion.
结局指标
主要结局
World Health Organization index of well-being
时间窗: Through study completion, 4 months
The World Health Organization well-being index consists of 5 items with 6 response modalities distributed on a frequency scale from 0 to 5. A global score is obtained by adding the answers to the 5 items, then multiplying this result by 4, i.e. a global score varying from 0 to 100. 0 is the worst score possible and 100 is the best score possible.
次要结局
- Spielberger General Anxiety Questionnaire(Through study completion, 4 months)
- Follow-up diary(End of aromatherapy, 2 months)
- Perceived Stress Scale(Through study completion, 4 months)