Health Promotion through Prevention of Stress and Burnout with Essential Oils for All Professionals at the Otto Wagner Spital in Vienna

Forschende Komplementärmedizin = Research in Complementary Medicine
Wolfgang SteflitschGabriele Diewald

Abstract

More than 50% of all persons suffer from occupational and domestic stress. High stress levels may cause physical, mental,or social impairment, culminating in burnout syndrome. Regular use of premium-quality essential oils is able to markedly reduce the individual's stress level. A health promotion project for prevention of stress and burnout was undertaken to confirm the reduction of stress by the use of essential oils. The study was performed at the Otto Wagner Spital in Vienna. Eighty-eight staff members of the hospital with evaluable enrollment questionnaires and 55 staff members with evaluable completion questionnaires were included in the study. The study participants were given the SOS stress roll-on consisting of 12 essential oils. The roll-on was applied at least 3 times a day for one month on the pulse zones on the wrists. At survey time point 1 on the day of enrollment in the study, the probands' stress rating on a scale from 1 (no stress) to 10 (very high stress) was on average 6.28. At the end of the observation period it was 5.24. The analysis of physical impairment due to stress (stress scale 1-8) demonstrated the significant benefit of aromatherapy among nursing staff (p = 0,036) and in persons older than 50 year...Continue Reading

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