The Effect of Citrus Aurantiun Aromatherapy on Sleep Quality and Anxiety Among Female Nursing Students
- Conditions
- Sleep Quality, Anxiety.Other sleep disorders
- Registration Number
- IRCT2016070223525N5
- Lead Sponsor
- Tabriz University of Medical Sciences and Health Services
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
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Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 100
nursing bachelor student living in dormitory; willingness to cooperate in the study; completing and signing informed consent form; having olfactory health; obtaining scores of 40 and above, according to Spiel Berger anxiety form; obtaining scores of 5 and above, according to Peters Burg sleep quality questionnaire; no history of mental illness, depression and acute stress (like crises such as the loss of relatives and family members); not coinciding the study with final exams.
Exclusion criteria: the students who do not like to continue their cooperation for any reason; the students who feel discomfort with the smell of essential oil of Citrus aurantium; the students who use perfume; the students working at teaching hospitals in night shift continuously; the students who use anti-anxiety drugs, hypnotic drugs, and herbal medicines during the intervention.
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Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Sleep Quality. Timepoint: Before intervention, two weeks after intervention. Method of measurement: Peters Burg sleep quality questionnaire.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Anxiety. Timepoint: Before intervention, two weeks after intervention. Method of measurement: Spiel Berger anxiety questionnaire.