Effectiveness of lemon essential oil in reducing test anxiety in nursing students |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University, Istanbul, Turkey;2. Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, F?rat University, Elaz??, Turkey;1. The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States;2. McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada;1. Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine, The Miriam Hospital, CORO West, Suite 309, 164 Summit Avenue, RI 02903, United States;2. Department of Medicine, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, United States;1. Department of Chinese -Western Cooperative Medicine, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province 050000,China;2. The Preparation Room of the Fifth Hospital of Shijiazhuang City, Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province 050021,China;3. The Second Department of Otorhinolaryngology, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province 050000,China |
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| Abstract: | PurposeThis study examines the effectiveness of lemon essential oil in reducing test anxiety in first-year nursing students.MethodA randomized, pre-test-post-test design was used in this study. The study included 46 first-year students from the Faculty of Medical Sciences of a private university in Istanbul, Turkey. Students were divided into two groups through randomization (Intervention, N = 22; Control, N = 24). In the pre-test, a personal information form, State Test Anxiety Scale (STAS) and Test Anxiety Schedule (TAS) were administered to students in both groups. The students in the intervention group smelled lemon essential oil for 15 min. The study was completed by applying STAS and TAS as post-test.ResultsAfter smelling lemon essential oil, a significant difference was found between the mean pre-test and post-test scores for STAS, its sub-dimensions and TAS (p < 0.01) in the intervention group. It was observed that the nursing students’ mean scores for STAS, its sub-dimensions and TAS decreased after smelling lemon essential oil (p<0.05). It was found that the intervention group's mean post-test scores for STAS, cognitive sub-dimension and TAS were lower than those of the control group. Mean post-test scores of physiological sub-dimension in the intervention group were also significantly lower than the control group. It was concluded that lemon essential oil reduced test anxiety by 43.3%.ConclusionLemon essential oil was found to be effective in reducing test anxiety in nursing students. |
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