Aromatherapy: Does It Help to Relieve Pain, Depression, Anxiety, and Stress in Community-Dwelling Older Persons?

Table 6

Depression Anxiety and Stress Scales of the intervention and control groups.

Intervention group (𝑛=44)

Control group (𝑛=38)

Group difference

Baseline

Postintervention

𝑍^a

𝑃 value^a

Baseline

Postintervention

𝑍^a

𝑃 value^a

Baseline

Postintervention

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

𝑈^b

𝑃 value^b

𝑈^b

𝑃 value^b

Depression

11.18 ±6.18

7.05 ± 5.11

3.43

0.001*

12.11 ± 7.32

12.89 ± 6.70

1.14

0.256

834

0.985

404

0.000*

Anxiety

9.64 ± 7.05

5.64 ± 3.72

3.49

0.000*

8.26 ± 5.94

10.05 ± 5.47

1.87

0.062

745

0.395

423

0.000*

Stress

12.91 ± 7.70

7.55 ± 6.37

3.38

0.001*

11.37 ± 7.07

11.74 ± 7.63

0.31

0.761

709

0.233

574

0.014*

aThe Wilcoxon signed ranks test was used to compare the baseline data to the postintervention data of the control and intervention groups.
^bThe Mann-Whitney 𝑈 Test was used to compare the control and intervention groups.
∗A 𝑃 value of <0.05 was considered statistically significant.