Effects of Aromatherapy Combined with Music Therapy on Anxiety, Stress, and Fundamental Nursing Skills in Nursing Students: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Son HK, So WY, Kim M
International journal of environmental research and public health · 44 citations
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How it was studied
- Design
- Randomized controlled trial (indexed by PubMed)
- Studied in
- People
- Main outcome
- Health markers and function
Who paid for it
- Funding
- Funding not disclosed
Publication
- Published
- 2019-10-29 · Int J Environ Res Public Health · vol. 16 · issue 21 · p. 4185
- Publisher
- Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
- Cited
- 120 citations · more than 99% of similar papers · 11.1× the field average
- Impact
- Top 10% most cited in its field
- References
- 26 works
- Access
- Open access (journal) · CC-BY
- Research areas
- Music Therapy and Health · Healthcare Education and Workforce Issues · Health and Wellbeing Research
- Keywords
- Aromatherapy, Music therapy, Anxiety, Randomized controlled trial, Nursing, Medicine, Stress (linguistics), Guided imagery, Psychology, Physical therapy, Alternative medicine, Psychiatry, Internal medicine
- MeSH
- humans, oils, volatile, aromatherapy, music therapy, stress, psychological, anxiety disorders, education, nursing, students, nursing, adult, female, male, young adult, seoul, surveys and questionnaires
3 authors
From KR
- Hae Kyoung SonEulji University
- Wi-Young So · correspondingKorea National University of Transportation
- Myoungsuk Kim · correspondingKangwon National University
Abstract
Purpose
Nursing students often experience anxiety and stress when taking exams that test their fundamental nursing skills. Complementary alternative methods, such as aromatherapy and music therapy, have effectively alleviated such negative emotions among nursing students. However, few studies have examined the effects of combined therapy interventions or compared the effects of different interventions. This study identified the individual and combined effects of aromatherapy and music therapy on test anxiety, state anxiety, stress, and fundamental nursing skills among nursing students in Korea.
Methods
A double-blinded, randomized, controlled trial design was used. The study was conducted at the nursing college at Sungshin Women's University, Seoul, Republic of Korea. Ninety-eight sophomore female nursing students participated in the study. Subjects were randomly categorized under three groups: aromatherapy (n = 32), music therapy (n = 32), and aromatherapy combined with music therapy (n = 34). Aromatherapy was carried out through the inhalation method using an aroma lamp and three drops of Origanum majorana and Citrus sinensis. Music therapy was carried out using Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata. Twenty-minute interventions were performed in separate rooms before an exam was administered. Data were collected through self-report questionnaires, including demographics, test anxiety, state anxiety, and stress. Participants' Foley catheterization skill was likewise evaluated.
Results
Aromatherapy combined with music therapy had a significant effect on test anxiety (F = 4.29, p = 0.016), state anxiety (F = 4.77, p = 0.011), stress (F = 4.62, p = 0.012), and performance of fundamental nursing skills (F = 8.04, p = 0.001) compared with aromatherapy and music therapy as separate interventions.
Conclusions
The results suggest that nursing education that includes aromatherapy combined with music therapy may be effective for improving the performance of fundamental nursing skills and reducing anxiety and stress among nursing students.
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