1Dept. of Health Care, Hanseo University, Seosan-si, Chungcheongnam-do, Korea
2Dept. of Beauty Industrial, Sungshin Women's University, Gangbuk-gu, Seoul, Korea,
3Dept. of Cosmetology&Chrmistry, Hanseo University, Seosan-si, Chungcheongnam-do, Korea
*Corresponding author: Dae-Jin Baek Professor, Dept. of Cosmetology & Chemistry, Seosansi, Chungcheongnam-do, 31962, Korea. jlovemer@naver.com
Online published on 16 October, 2018.
This study is a pretest-posttest design experimental research which aims to examine the effectiveness of aromatherapy to vital sign, psychological and physical stress relief and sleep quality of college students in pre-hypertension by conducting 3 weeks of aromatherapy from October 13 to November 3, 2017 targeting 27 male college students in pre-hypertension.
Recognition, life style, BMI of pre-hypertension was examined and investigated, and the study conducted insufflations of aroma oil blended with lavender, marjoram and ylang-ylang in 4: 3: 3 ratio which are effective in insomnia, hypertension treatment and sedation. Also, the study conducted VAS(visual analogue scale) for the vital signs, psychological and physical stress relief, sleep condition before and after insufflating aroma oil.
As the result, it was confirmed that aromatherapy pose positive physiological influence on vital signs, psychological and physical stress relief, sleep quality of male college students in pre-hypertension, which indicate aromatherapy has direct pharmacologic effectiveness to body system and that it is an effective method with positive influence.
Aromatherapy relieves stress by stabilizing psychological and physical condition and improves sleep quality. It is expected to be utilized as a mediator by conducting non-medical method and changing life style at the same time.
Vital signs, Psychological physical stress, Sleep quality, Aromatherapy, Pre-hypertension
