The Effect of Aromatherapy Applied to Intensive Care Nurses on Tension-Type Headache

Summary

Tension-type headache (TTH) is a common symptom in intensive care nurses. The nurses' quality of life, ve social ve business life are negatively affected by the ache. This study was conducted in two stages as randomized controlled study design ve a qualitative study, with the purpose of determining the impacts of medicinal lavender or citriodora oil, applied by massage for four weeks, on headache severity ve the life quality of critical care nurses with TTH. Nurses working in the intensive care units of the University of Health Sciences Kayseri City Hospital ve meeting the inclusion criteria were involved in the research. 60 individuals participated in total in the study with simple randomization as, 20 individual's İntervention- 1, 20 individual's İntervention- 2, ve 20 individual's placebo control. Ethics committee approval, informed consent form ve institutional permission were granted for the study. Through four weeks, nurses in Intervention-1 ve Intervention- 2 groups; 3% medicinal lavender/ eucalyptus citriodora oil, in accordance with the oil application protocol, in the first week, every day in the morning ve evening, ve in the second, third ve fourth weeks only in the morning; in the placebo control group, through four weeks; In the first week, every day in the morning ve evening, ve in the second, third ve fourth weeks, only in the mornings, massage with sesame oil was applied. The data of the research, Patient Introduction Form, Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), Short Form SF 36 Quality of Life Scale (KF-36), Application Tracing Chart Researcher ve Nurse Form, were gathered by using oil application protocol. In the evaluation of quantitative data, one-way analysis of variance, multiple comparison test, chi-square test, pearson correlation analysis ve p\<0.05 were accepted for significance. Descriptive ve content analysis methods were used in the evaluation of qualitative data. It was shown that the medical lavender / eucalyptus citriodora oil massage applied on the nurses in the İntervention groups, reduced the TTH significantly ve provided less use of painkillers ve affected the quality-of-life sub-dimensions more positively when compared to the nurses in the placebo control group. The qualitative findings of the study support the quantitative findings. According to these results, in nurses who are working in intensive care units; the use of 3% medicinal lavender oil or 3% eucalyptus citriodora oil can be recommended in the treatment of the TTH symptom

Conditions

• Headache, Tension

Interventions

OTHER

Group 1 (Aromatherapy Groups):

Self-administered by ICU nurses for four weeks, in the first week, every day in the morning and evening; In the second, third and fourth weeks, every day only in the morning, 2 ml of eucalyptus sttriodora (Group 1) oil, diluted with 3% sesame oil, is dropped into the palm of the hand, and after rubbing the hands together, rub the earlobe from top to bottom with the thumb and index finger for four minutes. Massage application together and again by dropping 2 ml of 3% eucalyptus sttriodora (Intervention 1) oil into the palm. These are groups that are given a gentle massage of the cervical muscles from top to bottom for four minutes after rubbing the hands mutually.

OTHER

Group 2 (Aromatherapy Groups):

Group 2(Aromatherapy Groups): Self-administered by ICU nurses for four weeks, in the first week, every day in the morning and evening; In the second, third and fourth weeks, every day only in the morning, 2 ml of medicanal lavandula (Group 2) oil, diluted with 3% sesame oil, is dropped into the palm of the hand, and after rubbing the hands together, rub the earlobe from top to bottom with the thumb and index finger for four minutes. Massage application together and again by dropping 2 ml of 3% medicanal lavandula (Intervention 1) oil into the palm. These are groups that are given a gentle massage of the cervical muscles from top to bottom for four minutes after rubbing the hands mutually.

OTHER

Group 3 (Placebo Control Group)

Self-administered by ICU nurses for four weeks, in the first week, every day in the morning and evening; In the second, third and fourth weeks, every day only in the morning, 2 ml of sesame oil is dropped into the palm of the hand and after rubbing the hands mutually, massage the earlobe from top to bottom with the thumb and index finger for four minutes, and again apply 2 ml of sesame oil into the palm. The group was given a gentle massage of the cervical muscles from top to bottom for four minutes after rubbing the hands together with the drops.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• TC Erciyes University

  collaborator OTHER

• Bartın Unıversity

  lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Max Age

65 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2020-09-01

Primary Completion

2021-10-01

Completion

2022-07-22

Countries

• Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations