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Abstract：
UNASSIGNED: Before the COVID-19 pandemic began, medical staff and academic department workers reported increasing levels of stress and burnout because of strain on the health care system. The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated this strain and introduced several novel stressors, which included transitioning to remote work. Safe and scalable strategies are needed to help health care workers cope with these stressors. Aromatherapy may help address this need.
UNASSIGNED: To assess the effect of 2 aromatherapy interventions (essential oil blends termed STILL and FOCUS) on perceived mental/psychological health parameters for academic department workers working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic.
UNASSIGNED: Participants were advised to use STILL for 5 days (Monday through Friday). After a 2-day washout period (Saturday and Sunday), participants were instructed to use FOCUS for 5 days (Monday through Friday). Participants completed a visual analog scale survey evaluating restlessness, fatigue, anxiety, stress, happiness, energy, relaxation, calmness, and well-being before and after each of the 2 intervention periods.
UNASSIGNED: Twenty academic department remote workers participated in the study. Mental/psychological health surveys were completed by 6 participants before and after using STILL and by 10 before and after using FOCUS. Five participants answered all survey questions before and after both interventions. Although mean (SD) perceived stress scores improved after both the STILL (4.3 [2.3] vs 1.8 [1.7], P = .03) and FOCUS (2.9 [2.3] vs 1.5 [1.4], P = .02) interventions, this improvement was not statistically significant after Bonferroni correction (adjusted α = .006). Most participants (73.3%) reported that participating in the study was worthwhile, and 81.3% indicated that they would recommend aromatherapy to others.
UNASSIGNED: The STILL and FOCUS aromatherapy interventions did not significantly improve mental/psychological health parameters for remote academic department workers, although perceived stress was marginally improved and participants reported a perceived benefit from using aromatherapy.
UNASSIGNED: To assess the effect of 2 aromatherapy interventions (essential oil blends termed STILL and FOCUS) on perceived mental/psychological health parameters for academic department workers working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic.
UNASSIGNED: Participants were advised to use STILL for 5 days (Monday through Friday). After a 2-day washout period (Saturday and Sunday), participants were instructed to use FOCUS for 5 days (Monday through Friday). Participants completed a visual analog scale survey evaluating restlessness, fatigue, anxiety, stress, happiness, energy, relaxation, calmness, and well-being before and after each of the 2 intervention periods.
UNASSIGNED: Twenty academic department remote workers participated in the study. Mental/psychological health surveys were completed by 6 participants before and after using STILL and by 10 before and after using FOCUS. Five participants answered all survey questions before and after both interventions. Although mean (SD) perceived stress scores improved after both the STILL (4.3 [2.3] vs 1.8 [1.7], P = .03) and FOCUS (2.9 [2.3] vs 1.5 [1.4], P = .02) interventions, this improvement was not statistically significant after Bonferroni correction (adjusted α = .006). Most participants (73.3%) reported that participating in the study was worthwhile, and 81.3% indicated that they would recommend aromatherapy to others.
UNASSIGNED: The STILL and FOCUS aromatherapy interventions did not significantly improve mental/psychological health parameters for remote academic department workers, although perceived stress was marginally improved and participants reported a perceived benefit from using aromatherapy.
摘要：
■在COVID-19大流行开始之前，医务人员和学术部门的工作人员报告说，由于卫生保健系统的压力越来越大，压力和倦怠越来越严重。COVID-19大流行加剧了这种菌株，并引入了几种新的应激源，其中包括过渡到远程工作。需要安全和可扩展的策略来帮助医护人员应对这些压力源。芳香疗法可能有助于解决这一需求。
评估2种芳香疗法干预措施（精油混合物称为STILL和FOCUS）对COVID-19大流行期间在家工作的学术部门工作人员的心理/心理健康参数的影响。
■建议参与者使用STILL5天（周一至周五）。经过2天的清洗期（周六和周日），参与者被指示使用FOCUS5天(周一至周五).参与者完成了评估躁动的视觉模拟量表调查，疲劳,焦虑,压力，幸福,能源,放松,冷静，以及两个干预期之前和之后的幸福感。
■20名学术部门远程工作人员参与了这项研究。在使用STILL之前和之后由6名参与者完成心理/心理健康调查，在使用FOCUS之前和之后由10名参与者完成。五名参与者在两次干预之前和之后回答了所有调查问题。尽管在两次STILL（4.3[2.3]对1.8[1.7]之后，平均（SD）感知压力得分有所改善，P=.03）和重点（2.9[2.3]对1.5[1.4]，P=.02）干预措施，这一改善在Bonferroni校正后无统计学意义(校正的α=.006).大多数参与者（73.3%）报告说参与这项研究是值得的，81.3%表示会向他人推荐芳香疗法。
■STILL和FOCUS芳香疗法干预措施并未显着改善远程学术部门工作人员的心理/心理健康参数，尽管感知到的压力略有改善，参与者报告了使用芳香疗法的感知益处。
评估2种芳香疗法干预措施（精油混合物称为STILL和FOCUS）对COVID-19大流行期间在家工作的学术部门工作人员的心理/心理健康参数的影响。
■建议参与者使用STILL5天（周一至周五）。经过2天的清洗期（周六和周日），参与者被指示使用FOCUS5天(周一至周五).参与者完成了评估躁动的视觉模拟量表调查，疲劳,焦虑,压力，幸福,能源,放松,冷静，以及两个干预期之前和之后的幸福感。
■20名学术部门远程工作人员参与了这项研究。在使用STILL之前和之后由6名参与者完成心理/心理健康调查，在使用FOCUS之前和之后由10名参与者完成。五名参与者在两次干预之前和之后回答了所有调查问题。尽管在两次STILL（4.3[2.3]对1.8[1.7]之后，平均（SD）感知压力得分有所改善，P=.03）和重点（2.9[2.3]对1.5[1.4]，P=.02）干预措施，这一改善在Bonferroni校正后无统计学意义(校正的α=.006).大多数参与者（73.3%）报告说参与这项研究是值得的，81.3%表示会向他人推荐芳香疗法。
■STILL和FOCUS芳香疗法干预措施并未显着改善远程学术部门工作人员的心理/心理健康参数，尽管感知到的压力略有改善，参与者报告了使用芳香疗法的感知益处。
