The Effects of Aromatherapy on Intensive Care Unit Patients’ Stress and Sleep Quality: A Nonrandomised Controlled Trial

Table 1

Homogeneity test of baseline for participants ().

Characteristics	Category	Exp. ()	Cont. ()	or
		(%)	(%)
Sex	Male	17 (56.7%)	15 (50.0%)	0.268	.605
	Female	13 (43.3%)	15 (50.0%)
Age		59.50 ± 9.10	61.53 ± 8.80	0.880	.383
Hospital admission	No	11 (36.7%)	7 (23.3%)	1.270	.260
	Yes	19 (63.3%)	23 (76.7%)
ICU admission	No	24 (80.0%)	22 (73.3%)	0.373	.542
	Yes	6 (20.0%)	8 (26.7%)
Diagnosis (problem)	Internal medicine	23 (76.6%)	23 (76.6%)	0.000	1.000
	Surgery	7 (23.4%)	7 (23.4%)
	Group 4	20 (66.6%)	19 (63.4%)	0.266	.791
	Group 5	10 (33.4%)	11 (36.6%)
NPO	No	13 (43.3%)	9 (30.0%)	1.148	.284
	Yes	17 (56.7%)	21 (70.0%)
IV route	Peripheral route	23 (76.7%)	20 (66.7%)	0.739	.390
	Central route	7 (23.3%)	10 (33.3%)
Cannula state	1 cannula	27 (90.0%)	23 (77.6%)	1.385	.172
	2 or more cannulas	3 (10.0%)	7 (13.4%)
Perceived stress ()		8.10 ± 1.61	6.27 ± 1.70		<.001
Stress index ()		7.73 ± 1.78	6.17 ± 3.11		.020
BP ()	SBP	134.60 ± 16.91	137.87 ± 20.82	0.667	.507
	DBP	82.00 ± 21.23	75.67 ± 13.65		.175
HR ()		92.20 ± 19.53	92.07 ± 20.95		.980
Quality of sleep ()		65.13 ± 5.70	64.03 ± 7.84		.536

: Workload Management System for Critical Care Nurses; Group 4: intensive care group; Group 5: continuous care group.