NCT Number: NCT07732179
The purpose of the Doctor of Nursing Practice research project is to determine if nurses who receive chamomile-lavender aromatherapy and listen to music during a 20-minute break once per shift for 8 weeks, will experience report decreased work stress (measured by self-reported symptoms of anxiety) compared to before the aromatherapy and music intervention during breaks.
The investigators know nurses are at high risk for stress and anxiety. Despite the current processes and policies in place at Northwestern Memorial Hospital that support nurses to take breaks during their shifts, nurses continue to share feeling stressed and anxious. Included in this Doctor of Nursing Practice research project is an evidence synthesis of fourteen studies supporting the idea that combining aromatherapy and music can reduce anxiety in both adults and children.
The evidence-based intervention being studied is administering lavender-chamomile essential oil aromatherapy and listening to music during 20-minute non-meal breaks once a shift for 8 weeks. Participants will go to a quiet breakroom, pour 3 drops of lavender-chamomile essential oil onto a non-adhesive 2X2 gauze pad, and place the pad about 20 centimeters from their noses while also listening to their preferred calming music through their personal phones and wireless earbuds or headphones for twenty minutes.
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Request Info18 year and older
All sexes
Interventional
Not applicable
Chicago, Illinois, 60611, United States
Location status: Recruiting
Angela Maeder, PhD, RNC-OB
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Angela Maeder, PhD, RNC-OB
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Sarah Buenaventura, MSN, RN, NE-BC
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Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes
Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.
Inclusion criteria
-CCU nurses at NM AMC providing direct patient care.
Exclusion criteria
There is only one experimental arm in this study. All participants will self-administer aromatherapy oil while listening to music during their scheduled 20-minute rest break during work hours.
Time frame: The Beck Anxiety Inventory will be given before the intervention begins. After the 10 week intervention period, the participants will be asked to complete the Beck Anxiety Inventory again as a post-intervention measure.
The Beck Anxiety Inventory will be used to measure workplace stress. Scores on this tool range from a total of 0 to 63. There are 21 items and each item can receive a score of 0 to 3. Higher scores are associated with higher stress/anxiety.
Time frame: The intervention time period is 10 weeks.
The Beck Anxiety Inventory will be used to assess levels of workplace stress before and after this intervention.
Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.
Angela Maeder, PhD, RNC-OB
CONTACT
Sarah Buenaventura, MSN, RN, NE-BC
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Northwestern University
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