The Effect of Orange Essential Oil Aromatherapy on Sleep Quality in Hospitalized Children
Background: Sleep disorders are common among hospitalized children. Aromatherapy is one of the interventions with demonstrated effectiveness in improving sleep quality. Objectives: This study was conducted to investigate the effect of orange essential oil inhalation on the sleep quality of hospita...
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| author | Mahla Salarfard Bahare Zarei Zahra Younesi Asma Nikkhah Bidokhti Fatemeh Taheri Bojd |
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| description | Background: Sleep disorders are common among hospitalized children. Aromatherapy is one of the interventions with demonstrated effectiveness in improving sleep quality.
Objectives: This study was conducted to investigate the effect of orange essential oil inhalation on the sleep quality of hospitalized children.
Methods: This semi-experimental study was conducted on 70 children admitted to Valiasr Hospital in Birjand selected by the convenience sampling method and then randomly assigned to two groups of orange essential oil receivers and the control group. In the intervention group, aromatherapy was performed every day for three days in three shifts (10 am, 4 pm, and at the usual bedtime). The researcher completed the BEARS sleep quality questionnaire at the beginning and end of the intervention period. Data analysis was conducted utilizing SPSS version 16 statistical software and chi-square, Mann-Whitney, paired t-test, McNemar, and t-test.
Results: There was no statistically significant difference in the demographic characteristics of the children in the two groups (p>0.05). The results showed no significant difference between the two study groups before the intervention regarding different sleep quality domains (p<0.05). After the intervention, there was a significant difference between the two studied groups in the domains of difficulty in falling asleep, waking up during the night, and disturbance in the regularity and duration of sleep (p<0.05), and the intervention group had better scores than the control group.
Conclusion: The present demonstrated that inhalation of orange essential oil had a favorable effect on the sleep quality of hospitalized children. This intervention can be introduced and implemented as an effective method to improve the sleep quality of hospitalized children.
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| spelling | doaj.art-0d40b8a4f3494f6fac044ca3c96c3b1b2023-04-05T09:59:18ZengZanjan University of Medical Sciences and Health ServicesPreventive Care in Nursing and Midwifery Journal2588-44412588-445X2023-03-01131839010.52547/pcnm.13.1.83The Effect of Orange Essential Oil Aromatherapy on Sleep Quality in Hospitalized ChildrenMahla Salarfard0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3295-3231Bahare Zarei1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2087-5966Zahra Younesi2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5648-3433Asma Nikkhah Bidokhti3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8637-8877Fatemeh Taheri Bojd4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7692-1565Instructor, Department of Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, IranPhD Student in Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, IranInstructor, Department of Nursing, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, IranInstructor, Department of Nursing, Qaen school of Nursing and Midwifery, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, IranProfessor, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, IranBackground: Sleep disorders are common among hospitalized children. Aromatherapy is one of the interventions with demonstrated effectiveness in improving sleep quality. Objectives: This study was conducted to investigate the effect of orange essential oil inhalation on the sleep quality of hospitalized children. Methods: This semi-experimental study was conducted on 70 children admitted to Valiasr Hospital in Birjand selected by the convenience sampling method and then randomly assigned to two groups of orange essential oil receivers and the control group. In the intervention group, aromatherapy was performed every day for three days in three shifts (10 am, 4 pm, and at the usual bedtime). The researcher completed the BEARS sleep quality questionnaire at the beginning and end of the intervention period. Data analysis was conducted utilizing SPSS version 16 statistical software and chi-square, Mann-Whitney, paired t-test, McNemar, and t-test. Results: There was no statistically significant difference in the demographic characteristics of the children in the two groups (p>0.05). The results showed no significant difference between the two study groups before the intervention regarding different sleep quality domains (p<0.05). After the intervention, there was a significant difference between the two studied groups in the domains of difficulty in falling asleep, waking up during the night, and disturbance in the regularity and duration of sleep (p<0.05), and the intervention group had better scores than the control group. Conclusion: The present demonstrated that inhalation of orange essential oil had a favorable effect on the sleep quality of hospitalized children. This intervention can be introduced and implemented as an effective method to improve the sleep quality of hospitalized children. https://zums.ac.ir/nmcjournal/article-1-824-en.pdfaromatherapyorange essential oilschildsleep quality |
| spellingShingle | Mahla Salarfard Bahare Zarei Zahra Younesi Asma Nikkhah Bidokhti Fatemeh Taheri Bojd The Effect of Orange Essential Oil Aromatherapy on Sleep Quality in Hospitalized Children Preventive Care in Nursing and Midwifery Journal aromatherapy orange essential oils child sleep quality |
| title | The Effect of Orange Essential Oil Aromatherapy on Sleep Quality in Hospitalized Children |
| title_full | The Effect of Orange Essential Oil Aromatherapy on Sleep Quality in Hospitalized Children |
| title_fullStr | The Effect of Orange Essential Oil Aromatherapy on Sleep Quality in Hospitalized Children |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Effect of Orange Essential Oil Aromatherapy on Sleep Quality in Hospitalized Children |
| title_short | The Effect of Orange Essential Oil Aromatherapy on Sleep Quality in Hospitalized Children |
| title_sort | effect of orange essential oil aromatherapy on sleep quality in hospitalized children |
| topic | aromatherapy orange essential oils child sleep quality |
| url | https://zums.ac.ir/nmcjournal/article-1-824-en.pdf |
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