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The Physical Effects of Aromatherapy in Alleviating Work-Related Stress on Elementary School Teachers in Taiwan
Joint Authors
Lin, Tzu-Hsin
Liu, Shing-Hong
Chang, Kang-Ming
Source
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-10-21
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
People use aromatherapy to relieve the symptoms of physical and psychological stress.
However, previous studies have not precisely clarified a scientific basis for the beneficial effects of aromatherapy.
Therefore, the overall purpose of this study was to elucidate the beneficial effect of aromatherapy in relieving work-related stress.
Twenty-nine elementary school teachers from Taiwan participated in this study.
The experimental procedures comprised 2 phases.
First, we verified the effect of aromatherapy by conducting 2 blind tests.
We used natural bergamot essential oil extracted from plants and synthesized a chemical essential oil as the placebo to do the aromatherapy.
Second, we analyzed the performance of the aromatherapy treatment on the teachers who had various workloads.
We measured the teachers’ heart rate variability to evaluate their autonomic nervous system activity.
The results show that only the natural bergamot essential oil had an effect and that the aromatherapy treatment relieved work-related stress of teachers with various workloads.
However, the aromatherapy treatment had a weak effect on young teachers who had a heavy workload.
Moreover, the aromatherapy treatment exhibited no effect on teachers who belong to the abnormal body mass index subgroup having a heavy workload.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Liu, Shing-Hong& Lin, Tzu-Hsin& Chang, Kang-Ming. 2013. The Physical Effects of Aromatherapy in Alleviating Work-Related Stress on Elementary School Teachers in Taiwan. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-7.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Liu, Shing-Hong…[et al.]. The Physical Effects of Aromatherapy in Alleviating Work-Related Stress on Elementary School Teachers in Taiwan. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-7.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Liu, Shing-Hong& Lin, Tzu-Hsin& Chang, Kang-Ming. The Physical Effects of Aromatherapy in Alleviating Work-Related Stress on Elementary School Teachers in Taiwan. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-503550
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-503550