ArticleJournal of education and health promotion2025
Effect of inhalation aromatherapy using damask rose essential oil on students' exam anxiety and performance: A multi-center, randomized, placebo-controlled study.
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- The effectiveness of aromatherapy interventions on psychological, physiological and academic outcomes in nursing and health sciences students: a meta-analysis.BMC medical education · 2026Pooled it
- Relaxation effects of Shikuwasa (Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2026Article
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Abstract
backgroundObjective structured clinical examination (OSCE) is growingly implemented in perioperative nursing courses. However, most students experience significant OSCE-associated anxiety, which can negatively affect their exam performance. Hence, we compared the effects of inhalation aromatherapy by placebo and damask rose on the operating room (OR) students' anxiety and performance in five OSCE stations run for summative evaluation of basic perioperative practices. MATERIALS AND
methodsThis multi-center, randomized, placebo-controlled study was performed among 52 first-year undergraduate OR students during the academic year 2022-2023 at three universities in Khuzestan Province, Iran. Through the stratified randomization approach, students were allocated into two groups: placebo (
resultsThe mean anxiety scores were significantly lower in the damask rose group in comparison to the placebo group at both T2 and T3 (
conclusionAromatherapy with damask rose could be potentially valuable in alleviating OR students' pre- and post-OSCE anxiety and improving their performance during the OSCE. Therefore, given that this traditional and integrative intervention is low-cost and easy to use, it could be applied in educational programs to reduce OR students' OSCE-associated anxiety and improve their basic perioperative skills. However, additional investigations are required to identify the sustainability of the results.
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