Abstract
Background and Objective:Anxiety is inter alia the disorders experienced by the entire social-economical classes worldwide and it is known to lead to the increase in heartbeat rate, blood pressure, cardiac output as well as higher oxygen consumption and elevation of respiration rate. Thus, the present study aims at investigating the effect of blended aromatherapy using lavender and damask rose oils on the hemodynamic status of the nursing students.Materials and Methods:The present clinical trial was conducted on 70 nursing students who were selected based on a simple sampling method and randomly assigned to two test and sham groups. For the test group, seven droplets of lavender essence, 10%, and three droplets of damask rose, 10%, were poured on a nonabsorbent pad which was placed in a 20-cm distance from the students’ noses on the chair handle; for the sham group 10 droplets of sesame oil was spilled on a nonabsorbent pad which was placed within a 20-cm distance from the students’ noses on their chairs’ handles. The data were collected by taking advantage of demographic information questionnaire and sphygmomanometer and chronometer and were analyzed in SPSS software, ver. 20, by the use of descriptive and inferential statistics.Findings:The results of the data analysis indicated that the vital signs’ mean score was significantly decreased 15 minutes after the intervention onset and at the end of the test as compared to the mean score of the vital signs before the initiation of the test (P 0.05).Conclusion:Aromatherapy via blending the essences of lavender and damask rose is effective on the hemodynamic signs of the nursing students. Therefore, it can be applied as a nondrug and less expensive method having no side effects for mitigating exam anxiety.
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University is a learning environment of great concern for the nursing students studying in MA major
The results showed that there was no significant difference between the systolic blood pressure means of the two groups before the intervention (P>0.05) but the difference between the test group and sham group was found statistically significant 15 minutes after the intervention onset and immediately after the exam was ended (P
As well, the systolic blood pressure was significantly higher after the intervention and there was found a significant difference in the http://www.ejgm.co.uk
Summary
University is a learning environment of great concern for the nursing students studying in MA major. The nursing students are faced with various stressing factors and they have to make progress through a predominantly exhausting competitive program featuring career orientation Learning in such environments is accompanied by challenges that cause tension and anxiety in the students. Higher levels of anxiety can influence the students’ academic performance and expose the clinical and education cycles to evident threats These students mention their large volume of lessons as the most important factors giving rise to anxiety [1]. Conclusion: Aromatherapy via blending the essences of lavender and damask rose is effective on the hemodynamic signs of the nursing students. It can be applied as a nondrug and less expensive method having no side effects for mitigating exam anxiety
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