ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2017
The Effects of Aromatherapy Massage on Sleep Quality of Nurses on Monthly Rotating Night Shifts.
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- Non-pharmacological intervention for shift nurses' sleep: systematic review and meta-analysis.Occupational medicine (Oxford, England) · 2026Pooled it
- Non-pharmacological therapies for sleep and occupational stress regulation among nightshift nurses: a systematic review and Bayesian network meta-analysis based on randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- Interventions to improve the sleep of nurses: A systematic review.Research in nursing & health · 2023Pooled it
- Effectiveness of sleep interventions for rotating night shift workers: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2023Pooled it
- A Systematic Review of Workplace-Based Employee Health Interventions and Their Impact on Sleep Duration Among Shift Workers.Workplace health & safety · 2021Pooled it
- Effectiveness of Lifestyle Health Promotion Interventions for Nurses: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Pooled it
- Effects of programs on sleep improvement in shift-work nurses: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- The Impact of Relaxation Massage Prior to Bedtime on Sleep Quality and Quantity in People with Symptoms of Chronic Insomnia: A Home-Based Sleep Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Relationship between Emotional Intelligence, Sleep Quality and Body Mass Index in Emergency Nurses.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Non-Pharmacological Interventions to Improve Chronic Disease Risk Factors and Sleep in Shift Workers: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Clocks & sleep · 2021Review
- A scoping review of the evidence for the impact of pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions on shift work related sleep disturbance in an occupational setting.Wellcome open research · 2021Article
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Abstract
The goal of this study is to examine the effects of aromatherapy massage on sleep quality of nurses with monthly rotating night shifts. Subjects were enrolled at a medical center in central Taiwan with overall score ≥ 5 of Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and randomly assigned to the treatment or control groups. They were validated by pretests during their first graveyard shift in the trial period and the sleep quality information was collected by using the PSQI and sleep detectors. During the second graveyard shift, the treatment group received aromatherapy massage and the control group rested in the same aromatherapy room after work. All subjects filled out the PSQI surveys and the sleep quality information was collected during massage or resting and the following night. We found that the total PSQI was significantly decreased in the treatment group following the aromatherapy massage. Specifically, the components such as subjective sleep quality, sleep disturbance, and daytime dysfunction were significantly decreased. However, there were no significant changes of average PSQI scores between the two groups before and after intervention. Taken together, our study suggested that aromatherapy massage could improve sleep quality of nurses with monthly rotating night shift.
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