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

NCT04426799 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: 2020/1
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 46
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

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

Conditions

Nursing Student

Keywords

Lemon Essential Oil; Test Anxiety,; Student; Nurse

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• 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

Study Arms (2)

Control group

NO INTERVENTION

no application

Experimental group

EXPERIMENTAL

application is done

Other: lemon essential oil

Interventions

lemon essential oil OTHER

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

Experimental group

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• 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,

You may not qualify if:

• 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

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Ataturk University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Sabahattin Zaim University

Istanbul, Center, 25240, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

Study Officials

• Züfünaz Özer

  Sabahattin Zaim University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: INVESTIGATOR
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

Model Details: : 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.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 28, 2020
• First Posted: June 11, 2020
• Study Start: January 15, 2020
• Primary Completion: January 15, 2020
• Study Completion: January 15, 2020
• Last Updated: June 11, 2020

Record last verified: 2020-06

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)