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| Title |
Aromatherapy Benefits Autonomic Nervous System Regulation for Elementary School Faculty in Taiwan
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| Published in |
Evidence-based Complementary & Alternative Medicine (eCAM), April 2011
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| DOI | 10.1155/2011/946537 |
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| Authors |
Kang-Ming Chang, Chuh-Wei Shen |
| Abstract |
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 < .001(∗∗∗)) after application of the aromatherapy spray. Further analysis was investigated by dividing subjects into three background variables (position variables, age variables, gender variables) and anxiety degree groups. All parameters were significantly different for most subgroups, except for the substitute teachers and the light-anxiety group. Parasympathetic nervous system activation was measured after aromatherapy in this study. It encouraged further study for other stress working population by aromatherapy. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
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| United States | 8 | 57% |
| Chile | 1 | 7% |
| Canada | 1 | 7% |
| Unknown | 4 | 29% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 11 | 79% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 3 | 21% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Iran, Islamic Republic of | 1 | <1% |
| Turkey | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 132 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 21 | 16% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 16 | 12% |
| Student > Master | 16 | 12% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 10 | 7% |
| Researcher | 10 | 7% |
| Other | 26 | 19% |
| Unknown | 35 | 26% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 23 | 17% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 15 | 11% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 12 | 9% |
| Engineering | 8 | 6% |
| Psychology | 7 | 5% |
| Other | 31 | 23% |
| Unknown | 38 | 28% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 263. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 28 June 2023.
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#138,517
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#48
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#393
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