The Physical Effects of Aromatherapy in Alleviating Work-Related Stress on Elementary School Teachers in Taiwan

Table 6

The HRV one-way ANOVA results of the age subgroups with a light workload before and after natural bergamot essential oil treatment for all participants.

Indicators	Elder (𝑛=18)				Young (𝑛=11)
	Before	After	F	P	Before	After	F	P
LF (ms^2)	9.74 ± 1.15	9.06 ± 1.41	7.50	0.007**	9.75 ± 1.25	8.81 ± 1.10	10.42	0.002**
HF (ms^2)	8.70 ± 1.42	8.70 ± 1.38	0.00	0.995	9.45 ± 1.52	9.29 ± 1.36	0.19	0.660
LF/HF (nu)	1.04 ± 0.82	0.36 ± 1.13	12.71	0.001**	0.30 ± 1.02	−0.48 ± 0.94	10.41	0.002**
LF% (nu)	71.2 ± 17.5	57.1 ± 21.8	13.59	0.000**	57.2 ± 21.9	40.2 ± 19.9	10.92	0.002**
HF% (nu)	28.7 ± 16.5	43.1 ± 21.8	16.61	0.000**	43.8 ± 21.6	60.7 ± 19.6	11.04	0.001**
RRI (ms)	763 ± 74.7	771 ± 76.5	0.36	0.552	792 ± 123	790 ± 136	0.01	0.946

 *𝑃<0.05, **𝑃<0.01.