Aromatherapy Inhalation in Psychiatric Nurses

SERDAR TÜRKYILMAZ

Status: Completed

Conditions: Aromatherapy

Treatments: Other: Aromatherapy Inhalation in Psychiatric Nurses

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06761859

0009-0003-2884-5320

Details and patient eligibility

About

In this study will be conducted with a total of 66 psychiatric nurses who meet the inclusion and exclusion criteria and are working at Ankara Etlik City Hospital Psychiatry Clinic between January 1, 2025 and March 31, 2025.

Full description

In this study, aromatherapy inhalation will be applied to psychiatric nurses in the experimental group. Aromatherapy inhalation using 2% diluted lavender essential oil will be applied to 33 psychiatric nurses in the experimental group, 30 minutes before starting work, every other day during a week. The "General Job Stress Scale (GJSS)" and "Therapeutic Relationship Evaluation Scale-Nurse Form (TRES-NF)" inventories will be filled out by 33 psychiatric nurses in the experimental group before and after aromatherapy inhalation, and by 33 psychiatric nurses in the control group simultaneously with the psychiatric nurses in the experimental group.

Enrollment: 66 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Written permission was obtained before participating in the study
• Having worked in the psychiatry departments of the relevant institution for at least 1 year
• Working in the psychiatry departments of the relevant institution during the study dates
• Not sensitive to the odor of lavender essential oil

Exclusion criteria

• Previous experience with aromatherapy
• Sensitivity and allergy to lavender essential oil
• Willingly leaving the study while the study was ongoing
• Leaving the job during the study period
• General condition changes during the study period (developing allergies, getting sick, taking annual leave, taking leave with a health report)
• Becoming a service responsible nurse

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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66 participants in 2 patient groups

Experimental group

Experimental group

Description:

In this study, aromatherapy inhalation will be applied to psychiatric nurses in the experimental group. Aromatherapy inhalation using 2% diluted lavender essential oil will be applied to 33 psychiatric nurses in the experimental group, 30 minutes before starting work, every other day during a week. The "General Job Stress Scale (GJSS)" and "Therapeutic Relationship Evaluation Scale-Nurse Form (TRES-NF)" inventories will be filled out by 33 psychiatric nurses in the experimental group before and after aromatherapy inhalation, and by 33 psychiatric nurses in the control group simultaneously with the psychiatric nurses in the experimental group.

Treatment:

Other: Aromatherapy Inhalation in Psychiatric Nurses

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

There will be no training or intervention. No intervention will be made to the 33 psychiatric nurses in the control group. The psychiatric nurses in the control group will be asked to fill out the "General Job Stress Scale (GJSS)" and "Therapeutic Relationship Evaluation Scale-Nurse Form (TRES-NF)" inventories simultaneously with the 33 psychiatric nurses in the experimental group.