Research Paper : The Influence of Aroma Inhalation on Middle aged Women`s Stress

Lee, Hee Jung; Lee, Kyung Hee

Journal of the Korean Society of Cosmetology 2015;21(5):883-887.
Published online October 31, 2015.

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Research Paper : The Influence of Aroma Inhalation on Middle aged Women`s Stress

Hee Jung Lee, Kyung Hee Lee

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to identify influence of aroma inhalation therapy on Physical and Psychological stress of middle aged women. Physical and Psychological stress state of each group was measured before the aroma inhalation therapy. For 4 weeks, the experimental group had inhaled aroma essential oil once in a day. After the aroma inhalation, Physical and Psychological stress state of each group was remeasured. The method of stress measurement which was designed by Park soon young(1999) used for this study and Data was analyed with Chi-square test ,Fisher`s exact test and t-test using SPSS 21.0. The results of study were as follows: 1.

Key Words: Aroma therapy, Aroma inhalation, Stress, Middle aged women