芳香療法對社區中高齡者睡眠品質之影響

高齡社會時代身心健康問題成為主要議題，透過有效的芳香療法，協助社區中高齡者改善睡眠品質為中高齡者最重要的身心保健議題。本研究旨在探討社區中高齡者之睡眠品質問題，運用芳香療法的實驗研究，探討中高齡者使用芳香療法後對睡眠品質之影響。其研究目的為探討芳香療法對社區中高齡者睡眠品質之影響。為達上述目的，本研究以社區55歲以上中高齡者為研究對象，進行實驗法之不等組前後測設計，組別分為實驗組A組（介入複方精油按摩加嗅吸）、B組（複方精油按摩）、C組（複方精油嗅吸）、D組（純基底油按摩）等四組，以及對照組E組（無任何芳香療法介入），以探討社區中高齡者使用芳香療法後對睡眠品質的影響。本研究引用「匹茲堡睡眠品質量表」搜集資料。所得資料以描述性統計、成對樣本t檢定分析，獲得其研究結果為：使用芳香療法能促進及改善社區中高齡者的「睡眠品質」。本研究芳香療法實驗結果，可提供給社區中高齡者居家應用及社區關懷據點規劃中高齡者健康促進課程與社福團體健康促進課程講師實務應用參考。

關鍵字

芳香療法；社區中高齡者；睡眠品質

並列摘要

Physical and mental health issues in the age of the elderly become the main issue. Through effective aromatherapy, assist the middle-aged and elderly in the community to improve sleep quality is the most important physical and mental health issue for the middle-aged and elderly. This study aims to explore the sleep quality of the middle-aged and elderly in the community. Experimental research on aromatherapy is used to explore the effects of aromatherapy on sleep quality in middle-aged and elderly in the community. The purpose of the study was to explore the effect of aromatherapy on the sleep quality of elderly people in the community. In order to achieve the above purpose, this study focuses on the middle-aged and elderly over 55 years old in the community as the research object. The experimental method was designed for different groups before and after the test. The groups were divided into four groups: experimental group A group (intervention compound essential oil massage plus sniffing), group B (compound essential oil massage), group C (compound essential oil sniffing), and group D (pure base oil massage), and the control group E group (without any aromatherapy intervention), to explore the effects of aromatherapy on sleep quality in the middle-aged and elderly in the community. In this study, we compiled the ＂Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Scale＂ to collect data. The data obtained are based on descriptive statistics and paired sample t-test analysis. The research results obtained are: The use of aromatherapy can promote and improve the ＂sleep quality＂ of the elderly in the community. The research results of aromatherapy experiment in this research can be provided to the home application of the elderly in the community and community care bases planning health promotion courses for the elderly and practical application reference for lecturers of social welfare group health promotion courses.