Investigating of the effect of aromatherapy with Damask Rose essence on the anxiety caused by the OSCE in anesthesia, operating room and nursing students

determining the effect of aromatherapy with damask rose essence on OSCE-related anxiety in anesthesia, operating room, and nursing students of Jahrom University of Medical Sciences

Two parallel group randomised trial، blinded، through census and random number table, on 76 students, two stages of pre-test and post-test

This semi-experimental study will be conducted in Jahrom University of Medical Sciences. Students will be assigned to two intervention and control groups, and the level of anxiety before and after the intervention will be determined and compared. After obtaining informed consent and completing the demographic information form, both groups will move to two separate places, and the TAS questionnaire will be completed for the first time. Then, cotton soaked with two drops of 40% damask rose essence and distilled water (placebo) will be given to the intervention and control groups, respectively to inhale. The container of distilled water and damask rose essence is the same without a specification label, and labels A (damask rose essence) and B (distilled water) will be used to distinguish them. Then, the post-test (TAS Questionnaire the second time) will be completed 5 minutes after the end of the intervention.

Willingness to participate in research and complete the consent form, desire to smell damask rose, not having: diagnosed mental illness, history of anxiety disorders, disturbance in the sense of smell, chronic migraine headaches, chronic diseases including cardiovascular disease, epilepsy, skin disease, and allergy, allergy to the smell of plants

intervention group: aromatherapy using essence of damask rose (inhalation of two drops of 40% damask rose essence ) control group: placebo (inhalation of two drops of distilled water)

anxiety

The sampling method in this research was simple with random allocation, in which based on the list of operating room, anesthesia and nursing students using a table of random numbers, the first selected number from the class list of students was placed in the test group and so on. The second number was placed in the control group. Allocation of samples in two groups continued until the number of samples was completed

The students of the test and control groups are placed in two separate places. In the test group, two drops of 40% rose essence are poured on cotton and given to the test group. For students in the control group, two drops of distilled water will be poured on the cotton as a placebo and will be provided to them. The bottle containing distilled water and rose essence will be of the same shape and none of them will have a specification label and will be marked with labels A (Damask rose essence) and B (distilled water) to distinguish them. Then the students are asked to inhale it from a distance of 5 cm for 10 minutes. In order to carry out this intervention and control the duration of inhalation, two people will be present in the room as observers, so that the observers after Delivery of cotton soaked with essential oil or distilled water to the students, they are informed that they will start inhalation and they will monitor the students using a timer for ten minutes. After ten minutes, the supervisors ask the students to stop inhalation and put the inhaled cotton balls in the bags placed on the chair handle. The intervention will be done before the start of the Asci test during the pre-test quarantine. And it is done first on the control group and then on the students of the test