芳香擴香用於社區中高齡者其壓力及睡眠品質之影響

現今已是高齡社會時代，身心健康已經成為主要議題，本研究透過芳香療法來協助中高齡者改善睡眠、壓力以及身心健康的問題。研究首先申請成功大學人類研究倫理審查，審查通過後即進行研究與調查，本研究以社區55歲以上中高齡者為研究對象，進行芳香擴香石實驗，分別為實驗組A組（使用複方精油嗅吸）、B組（使用單方精油嗅吸）、對照組C組（無任何精油介入），實驗為期三週，以探討芳香療法對社區中高齡者之影響。本研究引用「中高齡者身心健康量表」、「匹茲堡睡眠品質量表」、「壓力指數測量表」對試驗者進行前、後測並搜集資料。所得資料進行成對樣本t檢定分析後，獲得研究結論如下：一、社區中高齡者使用芳香擴香石後睡眠品質影響，實驗組B組較實驗A組顯著，有較為明顯之差異。二、社區中高齡者使用芳香擴香石後，對壓力之影響為實驗組A組與實驗組B組皆為非常顯著。三、實驗組B組使用之單方精油對於身心健康之改善程度較無使用任何芳香擴香石介入之對照組顯著。本研究實驗結果，可提供給社區中高齡者居家應用及社福團體規劃中高齡者健康促進課程實務應用參考。

關鍵字

睡眠品質；壓力；身心健康；芳香療法

並列摘要

Today is the era of an aging society, and physical and mental health has become a major issue. This study uses aromatherapy to help middle-aged and elderly people improve their sleep, stress, and physical and mental health problems. The study first applied for the ethical review of human research in Chenggong University, and the research and investigation were carried out after the review was passed. In this study, the middle-aged and elderly people over 55 years old in the community were taken as the research objects, and the aroma diffuser stone experiment was carried out. The experimental group A (sniffing with compound essential oil), group B (sniffing with unilateral essential oil), and control group C (without any essential oil intervention), the experiment lasted for three weeks to explore the effect of aromatherapy on the elderly in the community. In this study, the "Physical and Mental Health Scale for Middle-aged and Elderly People", "Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Scale", and "Stress Index Scale" were used to conduct pre- and post-tests on the subjects and collect data. After the paired sample t-test analysis of the obtained data, the research conclusions are as follows: 1. The effect of sleep quality on middle-aged and elderly people in the community after using aromatic diffuser stones, the experimental group B is more significant than the experimental group A, and there is a more obvious difference. 2. After the middle-aged and elderly people in the community use the aroma diffuser stone, the effect on stress is very significant in both the experimental group A and the experimental group B. 3. Experimental group The unilateral essential oil used in group B improved the physical and mental health more significantly than the control group who did not use any aroma diffuser stones. The experimental results of this study can be provided as a reference for the home application of the middle-aged and elderly people in the community and the practical application of the health promotion courses for the middle-aged and elderly people in the planning of social welfare groups.