Effectiveness of Lemon Essential Oil of Aromatherapy in Reducing Test Anxiety in Nursing Students

Lemon Essential Oil in Reducing Test Anxiety

This study examines the effectiveness of lemon essential oil in reducing test anxiety in first-year nursing students.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Nursing Student
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: lemon essential oil

Detailed Description

While studies on the role of aromatherapy in reducing test anxiety exist, those evaluating the effects of lemon essential oil on test anxiety are extremely limited. In this study, the effect of a different aromatherapy application on reducing test anxiety was tried to be determined by using lemon essential oil. It is envisaged to provide an alternative aromatherapy application to students and educators to reduce test anxiety through the results obtained in the study.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 46
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Center
    • İstanbul, Center, Turkey, 25240
      • Sabahattin Zaim University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Child; Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• No respiratory system diseases (Asthma, Flu etc.)
• no allergy to any smell, no pregnancy status,
• absence of epilepsy discomfort,
• not having a condition that prevents smell, not using any medication that will affect heart rate and blood pressure,

exclusion criteria

• Any respiratory system disease (Asthma, Flu, etc.).
• have a known allergic response to essential oil to be used,
• Lack of smell, use of any medication affecting heart rate and blood pressure,
• to use other complementary medicine practices

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: Control group; no application
Experimental: Experimental group; application is done	Other: lemon essential oil; A randomized, pre-test-post-test design was carried out to examine the effectiveness of lemon essential oil in reducing test anxiety in first-year students of the Faculty of Medical Sciences of a private university in Istanbul

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Personal Information Form	The personal information form contained nine questions on age, gender, education level, profession, place of residence, socio-economic status and total GPA (Grade Point Average).	30 minutes
Test Anxiety Scale (TAS)	Developed by Bozkurt (2019), the scale evaluates the degree of anxiety students feel before a test on a scale of 0 to 10. A score of 0 indicates no anxiety, while a score of 10 indicates severe anxiety 28	30 minutes
State Test Anxiety Scale	Developed by Şahin in 2019, this scale determines students' anxiety levels before a test. It is a 4-point Likert-type scale consisting of three sub-dimensions and 22 items. The cognitive dimension consists of nine items (3, 4, 7, 9, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22), wherein the lowest possible score is nine and the highest score is 36. The psychosocial dimension consists of five items (6, 10, 12, 13, 21), wherein the lowest possible score is 5 and the highest score is 20. The physiological dimension includes eight items (1, 2, 5, 8, 11, 15, 17, 19), wherein the lowest possible score is 8 and the highest score is 32. Possible scores on the scale ranged between 22 and 88	30 minutes

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Ataturk University
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Züfünaz Özer, Sabahattin Zaim University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): January 15, 2020
• Primary Completion (Actual): January 15, 2020
• Study Completion (Actual): January 15, 2020

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: May 28, 2020
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 8, 2020
• First Posted (Actual): June 11, 2020

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): June 11, 2020
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 8, 2020
• Last Verified: June 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Nurse; Student; Lemon Essential Oil; Test Anxiety,
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Mental Disorders; Anxiety Disorders
• Other Study ID Numbers: 2020/1

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No