Research Article
The Effects of Aromatherapy Massage on Sleep Quality of Nurses on Monthly Rotating Night Shifts
Table 4
Analysis of take-home sleep detector between the two groups before and after intervention.
| Variable | Treatment group () | Control group () | Pretest | Posttest | | | Pretest | Posttest | | | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD |
| Aromatherapy room | | | | | | | | | | | | | Subjective sleep quality | 2.99 | 0.75 | 3.57 | 0.63 | | | 2.97 | 0.72 | 2.97 | 0.43 | | 0.959 | Sleep duration (hr) | 1.17 | 0.32 | 1.09 | 0.07 | | .427 | 1.29 | 0.65 | 1.15 | 0.27 | | 0.625 | Onset time (minutes) | 13.98 | 6.09 | 18.23 | 9.60 | | .086 | 11.33 | 5.64 | 12.08 | 6.59 | | 0.401 | Deep sleep duration (hr) | 0.72 | 0.22 | 0.59 | 0.26 | | | 0.72 | 0.42 | 0.68 | 0.33 | | 0.927 | Light sleep duration (hr) | 0.21 | 0.19 | 0.25 | 0.17 | | .312 | 0.31 | 0.22 | 0.27 | 0.20 | | 0.257 | Total wake/dream time (hr) | 0.19 | 0.14 | 0.23 | 0.14 | | .055 | 0.24 | 0.25 | 0.18 | 0.11 | | 0.821 | AHI (count) | 2.48 | 7.65 | 2.15 | 4.33 | | .807 | 5.23 | 9.55 | 6.74 | 11.38 | | 0.469 | Home or dorm | | | | | | | | | | | | | Subjective sleep quality | 3.35 | 0.70 | 3.41 | 0.83 | | .715 | 3.31 | 0.77 | 3.39 | 0.90 | | 0.795 | Sleep duration (hr) | 5.96 | 2.24 | 5.93 | 1.53 | | .889 | 5.80 | 1.67 | 5.98 | 1.59 | | 0.527 | Onset time (minutes) | 27.00 | 32.41 | 28.29 | 28.00 | | .882 | 23.89 | 14.92 | 30.45 | 22.60 | | 0.408 | Deep sleep duration (hr) | 2.57 | 1.37 | 2.55 | 1.03 | | .899 | 2.27 | 1.09 | 2.35 | 0.90 | | 0.417 | Light sleep duration (hr) | 1.75 | 1.03 | 1.71 | 0.74 | | .542 | 1.94 | 0.65 | 1.91 | 0.74 | | 0.808 | Total dream time (hr) | 1.50 | 0.76 | 1.51 | 0.54 | | .839 | 1.46 | 0.47 | 1.57 | 0.54 | | 0.313 | AHI (count) | 3.72 | 4.86 | 3.63 | 4.01 | | .737 | 5.29 | 5.68 | 5.24 | 4.96 | | 0.614 |
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