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

Nursing Student Clinical Trial

Official title:

Lemon Essential Oil in Reducing Test Anxiety

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04426799
• Other study ID #: 2020/1
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: January 15, 2020
• Est. completion date: January 15, 2020

Study information

• Verified date: June 2020
• Source: Ataturk University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

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

Description:

While studies on the role of aromatherapy in reducing test anxiety exist, those evaluating the effects of lemon essential oil on test anxiety are extremely limited. In this study, the effect of a different aromatherapy application on reducing test anxiety was tried to be determined by using lemon essential oil. It is envisaged to provide an alternative aromatherapy application to students and educators to reduce test anxiety through the results obtained in the study.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 46
• Est. completion date: January 15, 2020
• Est. primary completion date: January 15, 2020
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• 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,

exclusion criteria

• 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

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Anxiety Disorders
• Nursing Student

Intervention

Other:
• lemon essential oil
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

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	Sabahattin Zaim University	Istanbul	Center

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Ataturk University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	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
Primary	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
Primary	State Test Anxiety Scale	Developed by Sahin 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