Research Article
Assessing the Metabolic Effects of Aromatherapy in Human Volunteers
Table 1
SCL-90 test checklist for volunteers before being exposed to essential oil inhalation and after being exposed to essential oil inhalation for 10 days.
| Subscales | BE | AE | | Norm of China (2008) () |
| SOM | 1.59 ± 0.40 | 1.37 ± 0.36 | 0.03* | 1.45 ± 0.49 | O-C | 2.40 ± 0.63 | 1.93 ± 0.66 | 0.01* | 1.98 ± 0.63 | I-S | 2.80 ± 0.61 | 1.75 ± 0.63 | 0.04* | 1.88 ± 0.63 | DEP | 1.97 ± 0.61 | 1.68 ± 0.54 | 0.05 | 1.74 ± 0.62 | ANX | 2.03 ± 0.73 | 1.65 ± 0.65 | 0.03* | 1.61 ± 0.55 | HOS | 1.83 ± 0.66 | 1.49 ± 0.45 | 0.02* | 1.61 ± 0.62 | PHOB | 1.55 ± 0.55 | 1.29 ± 0.39 | 0.03* | 1.38 ± 0.49 | PAR | 1.74 ± 0.58 | 1.58 ± 0.48 | 0.22 | 1.72 ± 0.62 | PSY | 1.86 ± 0.60 | 1.57 ± 0.45 | 0.04* | 1.59 ± 0.54 | OTHER | 1.98 ± 0.70 | 1.66 ± 0.59 | 0.06 | — |
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