芳香療法於國小教師自律神經的調整作用

Aromatherapy on Regulation of Autonomic Nervous System for lementary School Teachers

沈智威(Shen Zhiwei)

指導教授 ： 張剛鳴

亞洲大學/資訊學院/光電與通訊學系/碩士(2010年)

摘要

摘要
近年來職場上的壓力所造成的身體健康不佳問題已廣為重視，坊間許多舒壓方法也應運而生，其中芳香療法是廣為被使用的方式。芳香療法主要分為塗抹精油與按摩搭配的療程，或是吸取精油噴霧，其中以後者的使用最為簡便。本研究討論吸取式芳香療法前後自律神經的改變差異，受測對象是中部二縣市，三所國小之54位國小教師(排除對象：有氣喘發作史及高、血壓患者、心臟病患者)。使用佛手柑精油進行10分鐘噴霧式芳療。紀錄芳療前後的血壓心跳與自律神經參數(心律大師腕式生理監視器，紀錄時間5 分鐘)包括SYS、 DIA、HR、HRV、LF%、HF%、LF/HF，並搭配貝氏焦慮量。
結果顯示芳療後SYS、DIA、HR降低，HRV提升，HF% 提升，LF%及LF/HF 降低，均達統計差異(p<0.01)。再將受測者依三個背景變項(職務變項、年齡變項、性別變項)及焦慮程度變項分組討論，除代課教師與焦慮程度分組之很少焦慮組，僅有部分參數有顯著差異, 其餘各組皆是全部參數有顯著差異。以上結果初步顯示出芳香療法對於短時間活化副交感神經系統、降低血壓等有顯著舒壓效果。

關鍵字

芳香療法 ； 心率變異 ； 職場壓力

並列摘要

Abstract
Aromatherapy is widely used for relaxation. This research is to focus on autonomic nervous system (ANS) variation due to aromatherapy. The subjects were 54 teachers within three elementary schools (asthma, hypertension, hypotension and heart attack disease patients are excluded). Atomization Bergamot oil was used for 10 minutes. Biosignals, such as SYS, DIA, HR, HRV, LF%, HF%, LF/HF were collected before and after aromatherapy with the aid of ANSWatch® monitor. BAI-II (Beck Anxiety Inventory) survey was also used as indicators.
Result demonstrates that there were decreasing for SYS, DIA , HR and LF% and LF/HF; while there were increasing for HRV and HF% after using Aromatherapy (p<0.05). Further investigation with groups by position, age and sex variable also showed that there was significant difference with aroma treatment. The only insignificant outcome group was subjects with light anxious degree and substitute teachers.
This study is the first article to investigate aromatherapy performance for elementary faculty in Taiwan. The outcome shows that aromatherapy is effective to enhance parasympathetic activation and to reduce blood pressure. Aromatherapy may be good choice for relaxation in high working pressure workers, such as elementary school faculty.

並列關鍵字

Aromatherapy ； heart rate variability (HRV) ； working pressure

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