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Abstract

ABSTRACT

Effects of Aromatherapy on Sleep Improvement and Depression in Middle-aged Women

Hwa Young, Jun Advisor: Prof. Park, Sang-Hag M.D., Ph.D. Department of Alternative Medicine Graduate School of Health Science Chosun University

This study aimed to investigate the effect of aroma therapy on middle-aged women’s sleep improvement and depression and conducted for women who lives in G city from 2014, June 1st to 21st. The reliability of the tool shows Cronbach’s alpha .955 in pre-test and .939 in post. The tool for depression measure was written by the author, which contains 5 questions with its reliability of Cronbach’s alpha .781 in pre and .884 in post. Natural oil used was 45 grams of argan oil, 45 of sweet almond oil, 3 drops of lavender essence, 3 drops of geranium, 4 of cypress essence. With its duration being 20 minutes, the program was conducted 21 times total, which was done 3 weeks of 7 times. The data collected was analyzed by X-square test, t-test and paired t-test, geared with aid of SPSS 23.0/win.

The results are following:

1. Subject’s average time to get to sleep changes from 38.57 minutes to 13.86 in control group, which was insignificant. The experimental group, however, shows significant changes from 36.83 to 14.50.

2. Subject’s average time of sleeping changed from 311.43 minutes to 331.14 minutes in control group, which was insignificant. The experimental group, however, shows significant changes from 326.67 minutes to 362.67 minutes.

3. Subject’s quality of sleep changes from 2.76 in pre-test to 2.86 in the post, which was insignificant. The experimental group, however, shows significant changes from 2.76 to 3.08.

4. Subject’s depression level changes 1.31 in pre-test to 1.28 in post, which was insignificant. The experimental group, however, shows significant changes from 1.40 in pre-test to 1.30 in post.

In conclusion, as aroma therapy affects sleep improvement and depression of middle-aged women, it helps them have enough sleep and relieve stress level. Also, its ability to relieve depression can be valuable to be used in clinic.