芳香療法對社區中高齡者心率變異度之影響

高齡社會時代身心健康問題成為主要議題，透過芳香療法，協助社區中高齡者改善身心健康乃為最重要的身心保健議題。本研究旨在探討社區中高齡者心率變異度問題，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心率變異度之影響。其研究目的為1.瞭解社區中高齡者對使用芳香療法「心率變異度」的滿意度。2.探討芳香療法對社區中高齡者心率變異度之影響。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「心率變異度」的影響。本研究以「心率變異頻譜分析儀量測」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：1.社區中高齡者使用芳香療法「心率變異度」低於正常人範圍。2.社區中高齡者使用芳香療法在「心率變異度」方面無改善。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參考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；心率變異度

並列摘要

Physical and mental health issues have become the main issues in the aging society. Through aromatherapy, helping the middle-aged and elderly in the community to improve their physical and mental health is the most important issue of physical and mental health care. This study aims to explore the heart rate variability of the middle-aged and elderly people in the community and use the experimental research of aromatherapy to explore the influence of the middle-aged and elderly people on heart rate variability after using aromatherapy. The purpose of the study is 1. To understand the satisfaction of the middle-aged and elderly in the community with the use of aromatherapy ＂heart rate variability＂. 2. To explore the effect of aromatherapy on the heart rate variability of the middle-aged and 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 heart rate variability in the middle-aged and elderly in the community. This study collects data by ＂heart rate variability spectrum analyzer measurement＂. The obtained data was analyzed by descriptive statistics and paired sample t-test, and the research results were as follows: 1. The ＂heart rate variability＂ of the middle-aged and elderly people in the community who used aromatherapy was lower than the normal range. 2. There is no improvement in ＂heart rate variability＂ when the middle-aged and elderly in the community use aromatherapy. The results of the aromatherapy experiment in this study can provide references for the home application of the middle-aged and elderly people in the community and the practical application reference for lecturers of health promotion courses for the middle-aged and elderly in the planning of community care bases and health promotion courses for social welfare groups.

並列關鍵字

aromatherapy ； middle-aged and elderly ； heart rate variability

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