芳香療法對中高齡者壓力之影響

Effects of Aromatherapy on the Stress of Middle-aged and Elderly People

柯美華(Ke, Mei-Hua) ； 謝文英(Hsieh, Wen-Ying)

《中醫本草芳香療法期刊》 4卷1期 (2020/05) Pp. 115-131

https://doi.org/10.6763/IJTCMA.202005_4(1).0007

摘要

現代社會步調快速，壓力繁多，影響人們生活品質及身心健康，對中高齡者尤甚，故減輕壓力乃為不可或缺之道，有必要探討之。本研究旨在探討中高齡者使用芳香療法後對壓力的影響，比較實驗組介入複方精油按摩與對照組無任何芳香療法介入二組實驗前後受試者之差異。研究對象為高雄市大寮區55歲以上中高齡者，進行準實驗設計，分為實驗組與對照組，實驗組進行複方精油頭部、肩頸按摩共8週，每週一次，每次30分鐘，於第一週按摩前與第八週按摩結束後填寫壓力指數測量表；對照組無任何芳香療法介入，亦於實驗第一週與第八週填寫壓力指數測量表。實驗結束後進行壓力評估，評量每位受試者的壓力狀況，以瞭解複方精油按摩減輕壓力之效。本研究所得資料以成對樣本t檢定統計方法分析之。研究發現實驗組介入複方精油按摩其壓力改善成效具有顯著差異，而對照組其壓力改善成效無顯著差異。研究證實薰衣草精油、佛手柑精油、馬喬蓮精油所調配之複方精油，確實能有效舒緩及改善中高齡者之壓力。

關鍵字

芳香療法 ； 中高齡者 ； 壓力

並列摘要

Modern society is fast-paced and has a lot of pressure, which affects people's quality of life and physical and mental health, especially for middle-aged and elderly people. Therefore, reducing stress is an indispensable way to discuss. The purpose of this study was to explore the effects of the use of aromatherapy on stress in middle-aged and elderly people, and to compare the differences between the participants in the experimental group involved in compound essential oil massage and the control group without any aromatherapy intervention in two groups of experiments before and after. The study subjects were middle-aged and seniors over 55 years of age in Daliao District, Kaohsiung City, and were designed with quasi-experimental design, divided into experimental groups and control groups. The experimental group performed a total of 8 weeks of head and shoulder and neck massage, once a week for 30 minutes each time, and filled out the pressure index measurement form before the first week of massage and after the eighth week of massage. The control group, without any aromatherapy intervention, also filled out stress index measurements in the first and eighth weeks of the experiment. After the experiment, a stress assessment was carried out to assess the stress status of each subject to understand the effect of compound essential oil massage to reduce stress. The data obtained in this study was analyzed by paired sample t-test statistical methods. The study found that there was a significant difference in the stress improvement effect of intervention in compound essential oil massage in the experimental group, while no significant difference in the stress improvement effect of the control group. Studies have confirmed that the compound essential oils formulated by Lavender Essential Oil, Bergamot Essential Oil and Marjorie Essential Oil can indeed be effective in relieving and improving the pressure of middle-aged and elderly people.

並列關鍵字

Aromatherapy ； Middle-aged and elderly ； Stress

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