NauseaNCT06603896
Effects of Different Aroma-therapies on Nursing Students.
A study testing Aromatherapy in people with Nausea and Stress, run by Pace University.
Trial summary
The aim of this study is to investigate the use of lavender and citrus inhalation aromatherapy on anxiety, test anxiety and sleep quality in Pace University sophomore, junior and senior nursing majors. Anxiety, particularly test anxiety, is a ubiquitous problem among nursing students. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and olderHealthy volunteers can take part
- What is being tested?
- Aromatherapy
- Could I receive a placebo?
- Yes, some participants may receive a placebo
- How many people
- 100 participants
- Where
- No sites listed yet
- Study dates
- 1 Oct 2024to 31 Dec 2025
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 years and older
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- nursing students
- 18 years of age or older
- Male or Female
- all ethnicities will be included
Who cannot join
- cognitive impairments interring with reading, comprehending, following directions
- unstable psychiatric impairments
- chronic depression
- severe anxiety disorders
- asthma,
- fragrance allergy
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- rhinitis
- upper respiratory tract infection
- lower respiratory tract infection
- smell/odor impairments
- allergies to plant-based essential oils
- pregnancy
Trial locations and contacts
No sites are listed yet.
About this study
Official title: Effects of Single and Combined Aromatherapy on Nursing Student Anxiety, Test Anxiety, Nausea or Queasiness, Exam Grades, GPA, and Perceived Stress
The aim of this study is to investigate the use of lavender and citrus inhalation aromatherapy on anxiety, test anxiety and sleep quality in Pace University sophomore, junior and senior nursing majors. Anxiety, particularly test anxiety, is a ubiquitous problem among nursing students. Test anxiety is a type of state anxiety experienced as concern or fear before, during, or following a test or performance assessment. While some anxiety may enhance the performance of a student, test anxiety often negatively effects performance. Although test anxiety can be incapacitating to any student, in nursing students it can not only have a negative impact on learning, it is a major cause for under-achievement and prevents some students from reaching their academic potential since they are enrolled in a high-stakes program.
Treatment for test anxiety includes counseling, desensitization therapy, relaxation therapies, and aromatherapy. Aromatherapy with its focus on the therapeutic use of plant oils has the ability to decrease anxiety in humans through the use of natural oils particularly Lavandula angustifolia (lavender) without the potential for adverse reactions or side effects of conventional anxiolytic drugs.
Read more
Research on the efficacy of aromatherapy on test anxiety in college and nursing students shows mixed results. A variety of designs and essential oil scents, either mixed or single, were used with subjects, e.g., lavender, rosemary, peppermint, lemon and the vehicles used to administer the oils, e.g., room diffused inhalation, non-absorbent cloth infused lavender for the aromatherapy vary.
However, studies using lavender essential oil to reduce anxiety in college students, nursing students, and patients, demonstrated that lavender overall acted as an effective anxiolytic in reducing the stress of test taking, especially with lower levels of anxiety. Thus lavender essential oil could benefit nursing students in reducing test anxiety, and has great potential in benefiting all students in test and anxiety reduction, provided the person is not allergic to the oil. There is support for the notion that aromatherapy is a safe intervention, in a systematic review on the anxiolytic effects of aromatherapy in people with anxiety symptoms, no participants reported experiencing any adverse effects., The use of lavender also appears to help sleep without the adverse effects of commonly used drugs. The anxiolytic effects of the oil might reduce unhealthy behaviors that students engage in, e.g. alcohol and drug use/overuse, to reduce stress and relax, and positively affect sleep. In a 2015-2016 study of Pace nursing students, the results showed improvement in sleep and test anxiety, although the sample was small.
Read the detailed description
The study will identify subjects test anxiety and poor sleep quality and reduction in anxiety prior to/ during performance assessments as a result of the anxiolytic properties of the lavender essential oil inhaler we will provide them with and potentially improvement in quality of sleep. Studies using lavender essential oil to reduce anxiety in college students, and patients, demonstrated that lavender overall acted as an effective anxiolytic in reducing the stress of test taking, especially with lower levels of anxiety. Thus lavender essential oil could benefit nursing students in reducing test anxiety, and has great potential in benefiting all students in test and anxiety reduction, provided the person is not allergic to the oil. The use of lavender also appears to help sleep without the adverse effects of commonly used drugs Further, the anxiolytic effects of the oil might reduce unhealthy behaviors that students engage in, e.g. alcohol and drug use/overuse, to reduce stress and relax, and positively affect sleep.
- Conditions
- Nausea, Stress, Anxiety, Aromatherapy
- Being tested
- Aromatherapy
- Keywords
- aromatherapy, nursingstudent, testanxiety, nausea, GPA, stress
- Medical subject headings
- Nausea, Anxiety Disorders
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
AromatherapyOther
Aromatherapy and placebo patches will be used
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Placebo group | Sham comparator | a sham unscented aromatherapy patch will be applied to subjects clothing, 4-6 inches below the neck on the thorax Receives: Other: Aromatherapy |
| Combined Aromatherapy Group | Active comparator | A combined scents Citrus Lavendar infused aromatherapy patch will be applied to subjects clothing, 4-6 inches below the neck on the thorax Receives: Other: Aromatherapy |
| Single Aromatherapy Lavendar Group | Active comparator | A single scent Lavander aromatherapy patch will be applied 4-6 inches below nose on front of thorax on subjects clothing Receives: Other: Aromatherapy |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Anxiety
Number of participants with anxiety
Measured: From date of enrollment to up to 52 weeks
Test anxiety
Number of participants with test anxiety prior to examinations
Measured: From date of enrollment to up to 52 weeks
Perceived stress
Number of participants who perceive stress before taking an examination
Measured: From date of enrollment to up to 52 weeks
nausea or queasiness
Number of participants who have nausea and/or queasiness prior to examinations
Measured: From date of enrollment to up to 52 weeks
Exam grade
Number of participants who take a specific course examination
Measured: From date of enrollment to up to 52 weeks
Secondary outcomes (1)
Grade point average (GPA)
Numerical indicator of cumulative grade success in the nursing program.
Measured: From date of enrollment to up to 52 weeks
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted19 Sep 2024
- Study start1 Oct 2024 (estimated)
- Primary completion31 Dec 2025 (estimated)
- Study completion31 Dec 2025 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (4)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for NauseaStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Basic science
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- Single blind
- Who is masked
- Participant
- Enrolment
- 100 participants (estimated)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Pace University
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Martha J.Greenberg, Pace University
- Investigators
- Martha J Greenberg, PhD, RN, Principal investigator, Pace University
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06603896
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- PaceU
- Status last verified
- Sep 2024
- First submitted
- 7 Sep 2024
- Last updated
- 19 Sep 2024
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No: I had not really considered it
Publications
Hashemi N, Nazari F, Faghih A, Forughi M. Effects of blended aromatherapy using lavender and damask rose oils on the test anxiety of nursing students. J Educ Health Promot. 2021 Sep 30;10:349. doi: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_88_21. eCollection 2021.
PubMed 34761035Ozer Z, Teke N, Turan GB, Bahcecik AN. Effectiveness of lemon essential oil in reducing test anxiety in nursing students. Explore (NY). 2022 Sep-Oct;18(5):526-532. doi: 10.1016/j.explore.2022.02.003. Epub 2022 Feb 10.
PubMed 35190270Kaur Khaira M, Raja Gopal RL, Mohamed Saini S, Md Isa Z. Interventional Strategies to Reduce Test Anxiety among Nursing Students: A Systematic Review. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Jan 10;20(2):1233. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20021233.
PubMed 36673999Johnson CE. Effect of Inhaled Lemon Essential Oil on Cognitive Test Anxiety Among Nursing Students. Holist Nurs Pract. 2019 Mar/Apr;33(2):95-100. doi: 10.1097/HNP.0000000000000315.
PubMed 30747778
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 19 Sep 2024. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Effects of Single and Combined Aromatherapy on Nursing Student Anxiety, Test Anxiety, Nausea or Queasiness, Exam Grades, GPA, and Perceived Stress
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06603896
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- PaceU
- Conditions
- Nausea, Stress, Anxiety, Aromatherapy
- Keywords
- aromatherapy, nursingstudent, testanxiety, nausea, GPA, stress
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Unknown status
- Enrolment
- 100 participants (estimated)
- Lead sponsor
- Pace UniversityUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 1 Oct 2024 (estimated)
- Primary completion
- 31 Dec 2025 (estimated)
- Study completion
- 31 Dec 2025 (estimated)
- First posted
- 19 Sep 2024 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
The aim of this study is to investigate the use of lavender and citrus inhalation aromatherapy on anxiety, test anxiety and sleep quality in Pace University sophomore, junior and senior nursing majors. Anxiety, particularly test anxiety, is a ubiquitous problem among nursing students. Test anxiety is a type of state anxiety experienced as concern or fear before, during, or following a test or performance assessment. While some anxiety may enhance the performance of a student, test anxiety often negatively effects performance. Although test anxiety can be incapacitating to any student, in nursing students it can not only have a negative impact on learning, it is a major cause for under-achievement and prevents some students from reaching their academic potential since they are enrolled in a high-stakes program.
Treatment for test anxiety includes counseling, desensitization therapy, relaxation therapies, and aromatherapy. Aromatherapy with its focus on the therapeutic use of plant oils has the ability to decrease anxiety in humans through the use of natural oils particularly Lavandula angustifolia (lavender) without the potential for adverse reactions or side effects of conventional anxiolytic drugs.
Research on the efficacy of aromatherapy on test anxiety in college and nursing students shows mixed results. A variety of designs and essential oil scents, either mixed or single, were used with subjects, e.g., lavender, rosemary, peppermint, lemon and the vehicles used to administer the oils, e.g., room diffused inhalation, non-absorbent cloth infused lavender for the aromatherapy vary.
However, studies using lavender essential oil to reduce anxiety in college students, nursing students, and patients, demonstrated that lavender overall acted as an effective anxiolytic in reducing the stress of test taking, especially with lower levels of anxiety. Thus lavender essential oil could benefit nursing students in reducing test anxiety, and has great potential in benefiting all students in test and anxiety reduction, provided the person is not allergic to the oil. There is support for the notion that aromatherapy is a safe intervention, in a systematic review on the anxiolytic effects of aromatherapy in people with anxiety symptoms, no participants reported experiencing any adverse effects., The use of lavender also appears to help sleep without the adverse effects of commonly used drugs. The anxiolytic effects of the oil might reduce unhealthy behaviors that students engage in, e.g. alcohol and drug use/overuse, to reduce stress and relax, and positively affect sleep. In a 2015-2016 study of Pace nursing students, the results showed improvement in sleep and test anxiety, although the sample was small.
Detailed description
The study will identify subjects test anxiety and poor sleep quality and reduction in anxiety prior to/ during performance assessments as a result of the anxiolytic properties of the lavender essential oil inhaler we will provide them with and potentially improvement in quality of sleep. Studies using lavender essential oil to reduce anxiety in college students, and patients, demonstrated that lavender overall acted as an effective anxiolytic in reducing the stress of test taking, especially with lower levels of anxiety. Thus lavender essential oil could benefit nursing students in reducing test anxiety, and has great potential in benefiting all students in test and anxiety reduction, provided the person is not allergic to the oil. The use of lavender also appears to help sleep without the adverse effects of commonly used drugs Further, the anxiolytic effects of the oil might reduce unhealthy behaviors that students engage in, e.g. alcohol and drug use/overuse, to reduce stress and relax, and positively affect sleep.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Basic science
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- Single blind (participant)
- Number of arms
- 3
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Placebo group | Sham comparator | Other: Aromatherapya sham unscented aromatherapy patch will be applied to subjects clothing, 4-6 inches below the neck on the thorax |
| Combined Aromatherapy Group | Active comparator | Other: AromatherapyA combined scents Citrus Lavendar infused aromatherapy patch will be applied to subjects clothing, 4-6 inches below the neck on the thorax |
| Single Aromatherapy Lavendar Group | Active comparator | Other: AromatherapyA single scent Lavander aromatherapy patch will be applied 4-6 inches below nose on front of thorax on subjects clothing |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (4 listed)
- nursing students
- 18 years of age or older
- Male or Female
- all ethnicities will be included
Key exclusion criteria (12 listed)
- cognitive impairments interring with reading, comprehending, following directions
- unstable psychiatric impairments
- chronic depression
- severe anxiety disorders
- asthma,
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| AromatherapyAromatherapy and placebo patches will be used | Other | Combined Aromatherapy Group, Placebo group, Single Aromatherapy Lavendar Group |
Primary outcome
Anxiety
Time frame: From date of enrollment to up to 52 weeks
Number of participants with anxiety
Test anxiety
Time frame: From date of enrollment to up to 52 weeks
Number of participants with test anxiety prior to examinations
Perceived stress
Time frame: From date of enrollment to up to 52 weeks
Number of participants who perceive stress before taking an examination
nausea or queasiness
Time frame: From date of enrollment to up to 52 weeks
Number of participants who have nausea and/or queasiness prior to examinations
Exam grade
Time frame: From date of enrollment to up to 52 weeks
Number of participants who take a specific course examination
1 secondary outcome
Grade point average (GPA)
Time frame: From date of enrollment to up to 52 weeks
Results and safety
Results are not available in the source record.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 19 Sep 2024.
- Background: PubMed 34761035Hashemi N, Nazari F, Faghih A, Forughi M. Effects of blended aromatherapy using lavender and damask rose oils on the test anxiety of nursing students. J Educ Health Promot. 2021 Sep 30;10:349. doi: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_88_21. eCollection 2021.
- Background: PubMed 35190270Ozer Z, Teke N, Turan GB, Bahcecik AN. Effectiveness of lemon essential oil in reducing test anxiety in nursing students. Explore (NY). 2022 Sep-Oct;18(5):526-532. doi: 10.1016/j.explore.2022.02.003. Epub 2022 Feb 10.
- Background: PubMed 36673999Kaur Khaira M, Raja Gopal RL, Mohamed Saini S, Md Isa Z. Interventional Strategies to Reduce Test Anxiety among Nursing Students: A Systematic Review. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Jan 10;20(2):1233. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20021233.
- Background: PubMed 30747778Johnson CE. Effect of Inhaled Lemon Essential Oil on Cognitive Test Anxiety Among Nursing Students. Holist Nurs Pract. 2019 Mar/Apr;33(2):95-100. doi: 10.1097/HNP.0000000000000315.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No. I had not really considered it
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Martha J Greenberg, PhD, RN principal investigator
Pace University
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Aromatherapy in people with Nausea and Stress, run by Pace University.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 4 inclusion and 12 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 19 Sep 2024. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. Some participants in this study may receive a placebo. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
Results are not available in the source record.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
Contact Martha J. Greenberg, PhD, RN ((914) 773-3325, mgreenberg@pace.edu), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Anxiety (time frame: From date of enrollment to up to 52 weeks). The study lists 5 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT06603896, which also lists 4 linked publications.
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 19 Sep 2024.