不同處方精油對職業婦女睡眠品質與生活品質探討

Effect of the prescription of essential oils on the sleep and life quality of career women

本研究目的在探討四週不同處方芳香精油介入對職業婦女睡眠品質及生活品質改善之成效。不同處方芳香精油介入計畫是以居住於台北縣、市，年滿24歲至55歲之職業婦女共102位為研究對象，隨機抽樣分派至控制組共36人、單方精油實驗組共32人及複方精油實驗組共34人。實驗組經收案同意後，於自家進行連續四週、每週三次、每次20分鐘之超音波水氧機擴散方式進行精油吸入，三組於實驗前、後均採用「匹茲堡睡眠量表中文版(PSQI)」及「生活品質量表中文版(SF-36)」為測量工具，進行睡眠品質及生活品質檢測。資料收集後，進行各項資料處理與分析，統計方法包含描述性統計(Chi-squaretest)及概化估計方程式（Generalized estimating equation, GEE）。研究結果，單方與複方精油實驗組皆能改善睡眠品質(p＜.001)。在生活品質部分，僅複方精油實驗組有顯著的改善成效(p＜.001)。而複方精油與單方精油比較，在總體睡眠品質及生活品質改善成效上達顯著差異(p＜.01)，代表複方精油對於睡眠品質及生活品質改善成效具有協同作用。結論：以1：1：1調配之薰衣草精油、快樂鼠尾草精油及甜馬鬱蘭精油之複方精油進行4週吸入，有助於職業婦女整體的睡眠品質及整體生活品質提升，研究結果可提供大眾及專業芳療人員做為選擇精油時之參考依據。

The purpose of this study was to explore the effectiveness of aromatherapy intervention on improving sleep quality and quality of life for female workers. An experimental study of three groups measured before and after aromatherapy was conducted. One hundred and two female workers between 24-55 years old were recruited in Taipei city. We used randomized controlled trial to assign research subjects. The participants were divided into three groups: the control group with 36 females, one experimental group of Lavender essential oil with 32 females and another experimental group of the blended essential oil (Lavender, Origanum marjorna, Clary Sage) with 34 females. A 20 minutes inhalation was performed three times a week at home on two experimental groups. We adopted the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and the Short-Form-36 Health Survey (SF-36) as research tools. Chi-square test and Generalized estimating equation were used for data analysis. The results indicated that after 4 weeks' inhalation, the experimental group of Lavender essential oil showed a significant improvement in sleep quality; the experimental group of blended essential oil showed a significant improvement in both sleep quality and quality of life. However, comparing the blended essential oil group with the single essential oil group, there was a good synergistic effect of blended essential oil on sleep quality and quality of life. This suggests that 4 weeks inhalation of the blended essential oil (1:1:1 ratio of Lavendel fein, Muskatellersalbei, and Majoran) can improve quality of sleep and quality of life on female workers. This conclusion may be a reference to the choices of essential oil for the public and aromatherapists.