The Immediate Effects of Lavender Aromatherapy Massage versus Massage in Work Stress, Burnout, and HRV Parameters: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Table 2

Comparisons of outcomes from questionnaires parameters between groups.

Variables	Control group						Experimental group						Comparison between groups
	Pretest		Posttest		Self-comparison		Pretest		Posttest		Self-comparison		Pretest		Posttest
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Paired-t		Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Paired t		t		t
Job stressor
Characteristics of work	55.12	5.79	55.11	6.59	0.030	0.976	53.45	4.82	53.77	4.77	−0.532	0.597	1.638	0.104	1.206	0.231
Role stress	62.09	8.91	61.59	8.49	1.190	0.241	65.53	9.51	63.72	8.44	2.862	0.007	−1.958	0.053	−1.127	0.263
Interpersonal relationship	24.30	4.20	23.41	3.73	0.186	0.853	23.08	4.37	22.90	4.05	−0.368	0.715	1.497	0.137	0.595	0.554
Personality traits	42.26	4.26	40.85	3.37	2.775	0.008	41.47	4.75	40.97	4.32	2.118	0.041	0.921	0.359	−0.140	0.889
OBI
Personal burnout	289.47	104.36	271.93	91.25	1.968	0.054	314.15	82.41	276.42	97.49	3.996	<0.0010	−1.369	0.174	−0.249	0.804
Work-related burnout	231.14	85.86	221.05	79.73	1.485	0.143	257.08	87.07	229.72	81.02	3.292	0.002	−1.572	0.119	−0.565	0.573
Client-related burnout	185.96	99.33	214.47	84.90	−3.336	0.002	219.81	107.12	202.92	98.63	1.434	0.158	−1.719	0.088	0.660	0.511
Overcommitment	306.14	87.54	299.56	97.80	0.714	0.478	307.08	100.29	293.40	88.54	1.695	0.096	−0.052	0.958	0.346	0.730