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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