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The Effect of Essential Oil Inhalation Patches on Perceived Burn-out & Stress on an Inpatient Medical-surgery Unit.

NCT06053450 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2025-12-18

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this clinical study is to compare the use of an essential oil inhalation patch in medical surgical nurses on perceived burn-out and stress.

The main question is can essential oil inhalation patches decrease perceived burn-out and stress.

Participants will

* Take part in the study over 30 days, alternating weeks, resulting in each participant using six patches over six shifts.
* Complete anonymous Perceived Stress Survey (PSS) before the study begins and at the conclusion of the study.
* Participants will also complete a (different) survey after two weeks.

Conditions

  • Nursing Personnel

Interventions

OTHER

Oil Inhalation Patch

Each participant will wear a patch for a work week (3 worked shifts) and then no patch is worn for a week. This alternates for a total of a month.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Rachel G. Blier, MSN,RN · DHMC

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-06-30
Primary Completion
2025-11-20
Completion
2025-11-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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