| Effects of Aromatherapy on Headache, Stress and Immune Response of Students with Tension-Type Headache |
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Han, Seon-Hee; |
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Department of Nursing, Wonkwang Health Science College |
| 향요법이 대학생의 긴장형 두통, 스트레스 및 면역반응에 미치는 효과 |
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한선희 |
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원광보건대학 간호과 |
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| Abstract |
Purpose
This study was performed to investigate the effects of aromatherapy on headache, stress and immune response of students with tension-type headache. Method: This study employed a two-group pre-post test study design. Data was collected from 44 subjects. Twenty-two subjects were assigned to the experimental group and received aromatherapy massage every other day for 3 weeks, but the other 22 subjects were in the control group and did not receive any intervention. Experiment had been conducted from Apr. 9 through Aug. 25, 2001 and intensity of headache, stress response (serum cortisol, life stress) and immune response(T-cell and natural killer cell ratio) were measured in the course of aromatherapy for both experimental group and control group. Data were analyzed by using $X^2$-test, t-test, Paired t-test and repeated measures ANOVA. Result: Headache scores, serum cortisol levels and life stress scores were significantly decreased in the experimental group after treatment compared to the control group. Conclusion: These findings is suggested that the aromatherapy could be an effective nursing intervention in relaxing and relieving the pain caused by tension-type headache for students. |
| Key Words:
Aromatherapy, Tension-type headache, Stress response, Immune response |
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