AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF AROMA THERAPY ON SLEEP QUALITY AMONG NURSING STUDENTS OF S.B.D.S COLLEGE OF NURSING AHERWAN , RATIA , FATEHABAD

Author Name: 1. Prof. Shanmuga Meenakshi Gurusamy 2. Kajal et al

Volume/Issue: 03/03

Country: India

DOI NO.: 08.2020-25662434 DOI Link: https://www.doi-ds.org/doilink/09.2022-81161277/UIJIR

Affiliation:

1. Department of Medical Surgical Nursing and Hostel Student Welfare Committee, SBDS College of Nursing, Aherwan, Fatehabad, India
2. Final year student, Department of Medical Surgical Nursing and Hostel Student Welfare Committee, SBDS College of Nursing, Aherwan, Fatehabad, India

ABSTRACT

Adequate sleep has a crucial role in enhancing cognitive skills especially memory retention, among College students especially among Hostellers. Poor night time sleep quality and the consequent daytime sleepiness affect physical and cognitive health of students and their academic performance. Aroma Therapy is one of the age old as well as cost effective Alternative Therapy with less or no side effects. Quantitative Evaluative approach and Qasi Experimental design. The aim of study was to assess the effect of Aroma Therapy on Quality of Sleep among hostel students of S.B.D.S College of nursing. Quasi experimental, pretest posttest Control group – Experimental group Design was adopted for the study. 40 samples were selected by using purposive sampling technique. 20 samples were alternatively assigned to experimental group and control group so as to include 20 samples in each group. The Quality of sleep was assessed by using Groningen sleep quality scale. Aroma therapy (inhalation) was administered by the researcher for 10minutes, for 05 consecutive days in experimental group. For control group, routine sleep pattern without Aroma Therapy was encouraged and observed. Posttest was done to assess the Quality of sleep in Experimental group and Control by using Groningen sleep Quality scale. Descriptive and inferential statistical techniques were used to analyze the data. Unpaired test was used to assess the Aroma therapy on Quality of Sleep among students with sleeping disturbance. It was identified that the mean value of Quality of sleep among students with sleeping disturbance in experimental group and control group was 6.35(SD=1.7) and 8.7 (SD=1.10) respectively with the main difference of 2.2 was found to be greater than table value of 5.65at 0.001 level of significance. The result shows highly significant difference in the Quality of sleep among students with sleeping disturbance after Aroma therapy. Hence it was concluded that Aroma therapy was an effective Alternative therapeutic intervention for improving the quality of sleep among students. Adequate sleep is essential to refresh the students every day and help them in learning and memory processing. Hosteller students and their facilitators should comprehend the negative effects of sleep deprivation on student academics and should take adequate measures to improve the sleep quality of students. A Nurse should implement simple alternative therapy like Aroma therapy to improve the Quality of Sleep. This method also can be implemented at various grades of students.

Key words: Aroma Therapy, Quality of sleep, Groningen sleep Quality Scale, Alternative therapeutic Intervention