فهرست مطالب محسن عمادی خلف

Nurses are confronted continuously with pain, suffering, injuries, deaths and experience high job stress in their workplace. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of lavender oil inhalation on nurse's job stress.
In this clinical trial study, 78 nurses who working in social security hospitals in 2015 were selected by convenience method.In this way, nurses were selected with randomized block in two groups, lavender and control. Participants were used lavender or sesame oil for two hours in the early hours of shifts and during four weeks. Job stress were determined and compared in both groups before the intervention, as well as the second and fourth weeks by 34 Gry- Taft Anderson job stress questionnaire. Data were analyzed and compared by descriptive- analytical statistics.
The mean of nurse's job stress had 87.09 ± 17.41 job stress and had no significant difference in both groups at the end of the second week of aromatherapy (P=0.304), but this difference was significant at the end of the fourth week (P=0.003).The results showed that after four weeks using lavender essential oil with a mean of 8.89 ± 2.38 than to the first stage, it has been effective in reducing job stress (P=0.002). Aromatherapy had no effect in the control group (P The use of lavender for more than two weeks can be effective in reducing job stress.Therefore, the use of scent as a useful method, recommended in nursing environments.

Sleep disorders in nurses due to rotational shiftwork and diversity of the working time are highly prevalent, which can be improved by aromatherapy. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the effect of aromatherapy with lavender essential oil on sleep quality of nurses covered by social security.
This clinical trial study was conducted in 78 nurses randomly divided into two groups of lavender and sesame oil (placebo). The participants used lavender essential oil and sesame oil for two hours in early hours of their shift for four weeks. Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) was employed to evaluate sleep quality of both groups pre-intervention and at the end of the second and fourth weeks of the intervention (IRCT: 201407176342N4).
FINDINGS: According to the results, mean ages of the lavender and placebo groups were 34.87±4.85 and 36.49±5.38 years, respectively. Moreover, there was no significant difference between the two groups regarding anthropometric variables (i.e., the mean height, weight, and overtime working hours). In addition, the groups were homogenous in terms of gender, marital status, work shift, department, and educational level. The results indicated no significant difference between the lavender and sesame groups regarding the mean scores of sleep quality (7.79±3.78 vs. 7.44±4.24); this mean was not significantly different between the groups at the end of the second and fourth weeks, as well.
In this study, lavender essential oil had no significant impact on sleep quality of the nurses