| Objective: This study investigates the intervention effect of aromatic essential oil therapy on patients with insomnia of the liver depression transforming into fire type,guided by the theory of traditional Chinese medicine and the dialectical nursing principle,and offers suggestions for using traditional Chinese medicine nursing technology in insomnia.Methods : Eighty patients with insomnia who met the standard of inclusion and exclusion criteria were selected and randomly distributed into a test group and a control group,40 cases each.The control group was intervention with regular therapy and care,while the trial group was treated with aromatherapy based on the control group.The data of general message questionnaire and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index Scale,Chinese Medicine Evidence Rating Scale,Insomnia Clinical Observation Questionnaire and Hamilton Anxiety Scale scores were collected from the patients at the time of admission and 2 weeks after the intervention,and statistical analyses were conducted to assess the effectiveness of aromatherapy.Results :(1)Before the intervention,we had compared the two groups in factors such as gender,age,work pressure,marriage state,duration of illness and sports,and the results displayed no statistically significant differences between the two groups(P>0.05),which could be thought to be comparable.We also compared the differences between the two groups on the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index scale,the Chinese Medicine Evidence Rating Scale,the Insomnia Clinical Observation Questionnaire,and the Hamilton Anxiety Inventory scores,which again were not statistically significant(P>0.05),showing that the two groups were comparable.(2)Comparison of each index after intervention: the differences in the total scores of Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index Scale,Chinese Medicine Evidence Score Scale,Insomnia Clinical Observation Questionnaire and Hamilton Anxiety Inventory between the two groups were statistically significant(P < 0.05).Conclusion :(1)Aromatherapy with essential oils can decrease the PSQI and SPIEGEL scores of insomnia patients and effectively improve the insomnia symptoms of insomnia patients.(2)Aromatherapy with essential oils can reduce patients’ TCM evidence points and HAMA scale scores,which could ameliorate the TCM syndrome and improve the anxiety symptoms in patients with liver-stress and inflammation type insomnia. |
