Original Research Article
Year: 2020 | Month: April-June | Volume: 5 | Issue: 2 | Pages: 79-83
A Study to Determine the Effectiveness of Aromatherapy on Back Pain among the Staff Nurses in a Selected Hospital at Bangalore
Geethu G1, Priyadarshini2
1M.Sc. Nursing, 2Princpal cum Professor,
Adarsh College of Nursing, Bangalore.
Corresponding Author: Geethu G
ABSTRACT
The word Aromatherapy means ‘treatment using scents’. According to the National pain foundation’s recent study report (2009/OCT) reveals that pain has been considered as the fifth vital sign and 8 out 10 people experience back pain. Objective- 1. To assess the level of back pain among staff nurses.2.To determines the effectiveness of aromatherapy on back pain among the staff nurses. 3. To associate the level of back pain among the staff nurses with their selected demographic variables. Hypothesis- H1 - There will be a significant reduction on back pain among staff nurses after administration of aromatherapy. H2 - There will be a significant association between the level of back pain and their selected demographic variables among staff nurses. Methodology - One group pretest – post-test design was used with evaluative research approach. Sample and Research Setting- The study was conducted with 30 sample selected by lottery method at selected hospital Bangalore. Tool- Visual Analogue Pain was used for data collection. Result- researcher found 17 (56.7%) of the subjects had moderate pain, 13 (43.3%) of the subjects had Severe pain before administering Aromatherapy, the same table also implies that 12 (40 %) of the subjects had mild pain, 18 (60 %) of them had moderate pain after administering Aromatherapy. Calculated mean in pretest was 6.07 with SD 1.258 Wherever calculated mean in post test was 3.70 with SD .915. Calculated t value was 16.94 at 29 the degree of freedom. Calculated p value was less than .01 which was showed that aroma therapy significantly reduces the back. There was a significant association found between gender and level of pain among Staff nurses. Conclusion- Aroma therapy significantly reduces the back pain significantly, and there is significant association between gender and level of pain among staff nurses.
Keywords: Study, Effectiveness, Aromatherapy, Back Pain, Staff Nurses