The Effect of Aromatherapy Use in Nursing Skills Training

NCT06381544 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: fbu_nurs_elmali_002
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 69
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 2

Brief Summary

Nursing education is an education in which theory and practice are intertwined and requires the development of both cognitive and motor skills of students. The laboratory environment is a bridge between classroom learning and clinical practice. In order for students to transform the target behavior into a skill, it takes place in the laboratory on inanimate models under the supervision of the instructor. It has been assumed that there is a strong relationship between learning and anxiety; while a moderate level of anxiety is necessary for learning, a high level of anxiety causes a decrease in learning. Many studies have reported that students experience anxiety before their first clinical/practice experience. During skills training, it is observed that students are stressed, their hands are shaking, and they do not feel comfortable, especially before practices involving invasive interventions. This is a factor that makes learning skills training difficult. Therefore, it is important for the student to be comfortable, self-confident, and mentally open to learning during skill training. New applications and different techniques for skill training are important in this sense. It is reported that aromatherapy application has positive effects on reducing anxiety and increasing concentration. RESEARCH HYPOTHESES: H0: Aromatherapy has no effect on students' anxiety and learning levels during skill training. H1: Aromatherapy reduces the anxiety experienced by students during skills training. H2: Aromatherapy has a positive effect on students' learning nursing skills.

Conditions

Nursing Students

Keywords

skills training; nursing students; aromatherapy; anxiety

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Difference between skill learning of students in the aromatherapy group and the control group

  Determining the effect of aromatherapy application on nursing students' skill scores.

  immediately after intervention

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Difference between anxiety levels of students in the aromatherapy group and the control group

  immediately after intervention

Study Arms (2)

Aromatherapy

EXPERIMENTAL

Aromatherapy Group Aromatherapy will be carried out by spreading the essential oil in the laboratory with the help of a censer. For each censer, 6drops of essential oil mixture (oil mixture ratio, lemon, orange, frankincense oils; 2:2:2 ratio) and two censers will be used. Students will fill out the Introductory Information Form and State Anxiety Scale before being admitted to the laboratory. Students in the experimental group will be taken to the laboratory where aromatherapy is applied, intravenous catheter application will be demonstrated on a simulation model by the researcher during skill training, and each student will practice on the model once. At the end of the application, after students fill out the State Anxiety Scale again, they will be taken to a different room/laboratory and evaluated for skill learning.

Other: Aromatherapy application

Control

NO INTERVENTION

No Intervention: Routine practices Students will fill out the Introductory Information Form and State Anxiety Scale before being admitted to the laboratory. First, the students in the control group will be taken to the laboratory, during the skills training, the intravenous catheter application will be demonstrated on a simulation model by the researcher, and each student will practice on the model once. At the end of the application, after students fill out the State Anxiety Scale again, they will be taken to a different room/laboratory and evaluated for skill learning. The evaluation will be carried out by the researchers for each student individually and with a standard check-list.

Interventions

Aromatherapy application OTHER

Applying lemon, orange and frankincense oils via inhalation

Aromatherapy

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• Absence of any respiratory system disease (asthma, COPD, etc.),
• Not having a cardiovascular disease,
• Not being allergic to any odor,
• Lack of pregnancy,
• Not having any obstacle to smell,
• Not using any medication that will affect heart rate and blood pressure,
• It is the absence of a psychiatric disease.

You may not qualify if:

• Filling out forms incompletely,
• Not agreeing to participate in the study,
• Having previously received skills training for IV catheter application,
• Any side effects occur during application

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Fenerbahce University: lead

Study Sites (2)

Fenerbahce University

Istanbul, Atasehir, 34758, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

Fenerbahce University

Ataşehir, Istanbul, 34758, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Anxiety Disorders

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Mental Disorders

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Nursing Program coordinator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 11, 2024
• First Posted: April 24, 2024
• Study Start: February 12, 2024
• Primary Completion: February 19, 2024
• Study Completion: March 6, 2024
• Last Updated: April 24, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-04

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (2)