THE EFFECT OF USING LEVANDER WIPES AND PILLOWS ON SLEEP PROBLEMS IN MENOPAUSE


DEMİRBAĞ B. C., YEŞİLÇİÇEK ÇALIK K.

8th International Conference on Intercultural Education / International Conference on Transcultural Health (EDUHEM), Almería, İspanya, 20 - 22 Haziran 2018, cilt.60, ss.409-414, (Tam Metin Bildiri)

  • Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Tam Metin Bildiri
  • Cilt numarası: 60
  • Doi Numarası: 10.15405/epsbs.2019.04.02.52
  • Basıldığı Şehir: Almería
  • Basıldığı Ülke: İspanya
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.409-414
  • Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The study was conducted to evaluate the effect of using lavender wipes and pillows on sleep problems of women in menopause as a semi-experimental pre-test/posttest. This study was completed with 52 women out of 60 applied to a family health center in the eastern Black Sea region Turkey with sleep complaints in the November-December 2017. In this study Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index and Insomnia Severity Index and lavender oil were employed. The woman was asked to puff a lavender oil spray twice on their wipe and place it in the uppermost pocket of their clothes nearest to the nose, keep it there until bed time, and sleep with a lavender scented pillow for 15 days. Statistical significance was determined between pre-test and post-test in total PSQI and subgroups (p <0.05). The study shows that the use of lavender increases sleep quality. (C) 2019 Published by Future Academy www.FutureAcademy.org.UK