Effectiveness of Aromatherapy Yoga

NCT05459025 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: HZAUHU-2021-0001
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 89
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

College students, particularly female students, often suffer from severe stress and poor sleep. Aromatherapy yoga has become a popular exercise in recent years and may help reduce stress and improve sleep quality, although empirical evidence is limited. We investigated the effective-ness of aromatherapy yoga intervention in reducing stress and improving sleep quality among female college students. Eighty-nine participants (44 in the experimental group \[aromatherapy yoga\] and 45 in the control group \[yoga\]), with an average age of 19.88 ± 1.13 years, were en-rolled in this quasi-experimental study. Interventions were performed in the respective groups once a week for 12 weeks, for 90 minutes each time. The Wilcoxon signed-rank test and Mann-Whitney U test (including effect size) were used to test the differences in stress reduction and sleep quality before and after the intervention.

Conditions

Female College Students

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Perceived Stress Scale 14 (PSS-14)

  PSS-14 is the scale that is most widely used for measuring the degree to which situations in one's life are appraised as being stressful.

  10-15 minutes

• Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI)

  The PSQI developed by Buysse et al. \[45\], which evaluates sleep quality of the participants in the past month.

  10-15 minutes

Study Arms (2)

Aromatherapy yoga

EXPERIMENTAL

Each intervention session lasted 90 min, between 6 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. The course was held in a yoga classroom once a week, in an area of 30 m × 35 m. Furthermore, the total intervention period lasted for 12 weeks.

Behavioral: Aromatherapy yoga

Yoga

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Each intervention session lasted 90 min, between 6 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. The course was held in a yoga classroom once a week, in an area of 30 m × 35 m. Furthermore, the total intervention period lasted for 12 weeks.

Behavioral: Yoga

Interventions

Aromatherapy yoga BEHAVIORAL

The research assistant diluted the Lavandula angustifolia essential oil with distilled water (1:75) 10 min before the yoga session started. The solution was then atomized by three aroma diffusers, placed in the front, middle, and back of the classroom. The distance from each participant was less than 10 m to ensure that the aroma was absorbed com-pletely. The yoga course for the aromatherapy yoga group was the same as that of the yoga only group. The yoga group only took a yoga course, without aromatherapy.

Aromatherapy yoga

Yoga BEHAVIORAL

The design of the yoga lessons was based on a past study and a professional yoga instruction book. Yoga lessons were led by certified yoga tutors.

Yoga

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 21 Years
• Sex: female
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• We included female college students aged \> 18 years, who were able to understand the questionnaire.

You may not qualify if:

• We excluded male students, those with a history of respiratory disease, asthma, or allergy to flowers, plants, or essential oils, those who worked at night, and those with a history of mental diseases.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Yang Shang-Yu: lead

Study Sites (1)

Asia Univeraity

Taichung, WuFeng, 41354, Taiwan

Location

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Yoga

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Mind-Body Therapies; Complementary Therapies; Therapeutics; Spiritual Therapies; Exercise Movement Techniques; Physical Therapy Modalities

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 12, 2022
• First Posted: July 14, 2022
• Study Start: March 1, 2021
• Primary Completion: June 1, 2021
• Study Completion: August 1, 2021
• Last Updated: July 14, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-07

Locations

TW (1)