The Effect of Aromatherapy Before Clinical Practice on Stress, Anxiety and Depression in Midwifery Students

Tuba Kızılkaya

Status: Completed

Conditions: Aromatherapy; Depression; Stress

Treatments: Other: Petitgrain and ylang-ylang essential oil

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06193876

20072023

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study was planned as a randomized controlled study to determine the effects of petitgrain and ylang ylang oil applied before clinical practice on stress, anxiety and depression in midwifery students.

Enrollment: 75 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Being a midwifery student

Exclusion criteria

• Having an asthma or any other respiration disease
• Trouble of smelling
• Allergies to petitgrain or ylang-ylang essential oil

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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75 participants in 3 patient groups, including a placebo group

Petitgrain group

Active Comparator group

Description:

In this group petitgrain oil will be used

Treatment:

Other: Petitgrain and ylang-ylang essential oil

Ylang-ylang group

Active Comparator group

Description:

In this group ylang-ylang oil will be used

Treatment:

Other: Petitgrain and ylang-ylang essential oil

Placebo group

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

In this group water will be used

Treatment:

Other: Petitgrain and ylang-ylang essential oil