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Aromatherapy and Music Impact on Nurses' Stress at Work
Who can join
Ages 18 and older · All sexes · Healthy volunteers welcome
Full eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: -CCU nurses at NM AMC providing direct patient care. Exclusion Criteria: * currently pregnant * allergic to essential oils
About the study
The purpose of the Doctor of Nursing Practice research project is to determine if nurses who receive chamomile-lavender aromatherapy and listen to music during a 20-minute break once per shift for 8 weeks, will experience report decreased work stress (measured by self-reported symptoms of anxiety) compared to before the aromatherapy and music intervention during breaks.
The investigators know nurses are at high risk for stress and anxiety. Despite the current processes and policies in place at Northwestern Memorial Hospital that support nurses to take breaks during their shifts, nurses continue to share feeling stressed and anxious. Included in this Doctor of Nursing Practice research project is an evidence synthesis of fourteen studies supporting the idea that combining aromatherapy and music can reduce anxiety in both adults and children.
The evidence-based intervention being studied is administering lavender-chamomile essential oil aromatherapy and listening to music during 20-minute non-meal breaks once a shift for 8 weeks. Participants will go to a quiet breakroom, pour 3 drops of lavender-chamomile essential oil onto a non-adhesive 2X2 gauze pad, and place the pad about 20 centimeters from their noses while also listening to their preferred calming music through their personal phones and wireless earbuds or headphones for twenty minutes.
What is being tested
- lavender-chamomile aromatherapy oil and music (other)
Sponsor: Northwestern University · Participants: 25 · Started: Jul 1, 2026
Contact the study team
- Angela Maeder, PhD, RNC-OB · Phone: 3129269258
- Sarah Buenaventura, MSN, RN, NE-BC · Phone: 3129261061
Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT07732179
Locations in the U.S.
| Illinois | Northwestern Medicine Academic Medical Center, Chicago |
From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 29, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.