Aromatherapy's Impact on Test Anxiety in College Students: A Mixed Methods Study

Jenalee Hinds

Status: Completed

Conditions: Anxiety

Treatments: Other: Essential Oil 2; Other: Essential Oil 1

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07258719

105250

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of aromatherapy as an intervention to reduce test anxiety and improve academic performance. The Investigators hypothesize that exposure to aromatherapy during assessments will lead to lower levels of test anxiety and result in higher quiz and test scores.

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 99 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• current student
• participating in selected course at the University

Exclusion criteria

• allergy to essential oils
• pregnant

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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20 participants in 2 patient groups

aromatherapy intervention 1

Experimental group

Description:

participants applying their assigned essential oil (ADAPTIV or Thinker) prior to quizzes/tests

Treatment:

Other: Essential Oil 1

aromatherapy intervention 2

Experimental group

Description:

participants applying their assigned essential oil (ADAPTIV or Thinker) prior to quizzes/tests

Treatment:

Other: Essential Oil 2