Aromatherapy and Happiness

Impact of Aromatherapy on Happiness and Job Satisfaction in Nurses Working in an Academic Health System (AHS)

The purpose of this study is to explore the impact that aromatherapy has on nurses' self-perception of happiness and workplace satisfaction. After completing the informed consent process, participants will complete a demographic survey, the Oxford Happiness Questionnaire (OHQ), and the Nursing Job Satisfaction Survey (NJSS). Aromatherapy (AT), via AT stickers on employee badges, will begin after baseline measurements. OHQ and NJSS will be measured again at 3 months and 6 months of AT. After completion of the intervention, participants will also complete a qualitative survey addressing overall self-reported impact of AT. Analysis will occur after final data is collected.

Study Overview

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Conditions: Happiness
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Aromatherapy

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Estimated): 100
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Kathleen E Zavotsky; Phone Number: 212-263-2055; Email: Kathleen.zavotsky@nyulangone.org
• Study Contact Backup: Name: Benjamin Bass; Phone Number: 212-263-4889; Email: Benjamin.bass@nyulangone.org

Study Locations

• United States
  • New York
    • New York, New York, United States, 10016
      • NYU Langone Health

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

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

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

1. A Registered Nurse at NYULH
2. Willing to provide an email address of choice
3. Willing to wear an aromatherapy badge sticker during every work shift
4. Not allergic or otherwise sensitive to aromatherapy scent

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Not a Registered Nurse at NYULH
2. Not willing to provide an email of choice
3. Not willing to wear an aromatherapy badge sticker during every work shift
4. Allergic or otherwise sensitive to aromatherapy scent

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Nurses Working in an Academic Health System (AHS); Nurse participants will receive aromatherapy (AT) after baseline measurements. Each day, the participants will pick up AT stickers to wear throughout the day on their staff badges. Participants will receive monthly emails, reminding them to wear the AT every day that they are working.	Other: Aromatherapy; Elequil Aroma-Tabs are available on all clinical nursing units for staff. Instructions will be provided to participants to place the aroma tab on the back of their badge every workday for the entire duration of their shift. They will wear their badge in whatever position is most comfortable to them for the duration of the study (6 months).; Other Names: Elequil Aroma-Tabs

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Change in Nursing Job Satisfaction Survey (NJSS) Score	23-item assessment of job satisfaction among nurses. Items are ranked on a scale from 0 (strongly disagree) to 4 (strongly agree). The total score ranges from 0 to 92; higher scores indicate greater satisfaction.	Baseline, Month 6
Change in Oxford Happiness Questionnaire (OHQ) Score	29-item assessment of happiness. Items are ranked on a scale from 1 (strongly disagree) to 6 (strongly agree). Total scores range from 29 to 174; higher scores indicate greater happiness.	Baseline, Month 6

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: NYU Langone Health
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Kathleen E Zavotsky, NYU Langone Health

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): May 9, 2023
• Primary Completion (Estimated): December 1, 2023
• Study Completion (Estimated): December 1, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: May 9, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 9, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): May 18, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): July 14, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 13, 2023
• Last Verified: July 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: 23-00408

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO
• IPD Plan Description: Email is being collected and will be destroyed once data analysis is complete

Drug and device information, study documents

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