Aromatherapy Benefits Autonomic Nervous System Regulation for Elementary School Faculty in Taiwan

Workplace stress-related illness is a serious issue, and consequently many stress reduction methods have been investigated. Aromatherapy is especially for populations that work under high stress. Elementary school teachers are a high-stress working population in Taiwan. In this study, fifty-four ele...

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Published in:Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine 2011-01, Vol.2011 (2011), p.1-7
Main Authors: Chang, Kang-Ming, Shen, Chuh-Wei
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anxiety
Aroma
Aromatherapy
Asthma
Autonomic nervous system
Blood pressure
Cardiovascular disease
Education
Elementary schools
Essential oils
Fourier transforms
Heart rate
Hypertension
Lavandula
Natural products
Nervous system
Nursing administration
Occupational health
Occupational stress
Oils & fats
Parasympathetic nervous system
Physiology
Stress
Students
Time series
Womens health
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Summary:Workplace stress-related illness is a serious issue, and consequently many stress reduction methods have been investigated. Aromatherapy is especially for populations that work under high stress. Elementary school teachers are a high-stress working population in Taiwan. In this study, fifty-four elementary school teachers were recruited to evaluate aromatherapy performance on stress reduction. Bergamot essential oil was used for aromatherapy spray for 10 minutes. Blood pressure and autonomic nervous system parameters were recorded 5 minutes before and after the application of the aroma spray. Results showed that there were significant decreases in blood pressure, heart rate, LF power percentage, and LF/HF while there were increases in heart rate variability and HF power percentage (P
ISSN:1741-427X
1741-4288
DOI:10.1155/2011/946537