THE EFFECT OF BERGAMOT ORANGE AROMATHERAPY ON STRESS LEVELS IN NURSES AT CIREMAI HOSPITAL, CIREBON CITY

Nurses have a high responsibility because they have a human service job. Many
responsibilities and work demands can potentially become work stress for nurses.
One way to reduce work stress in nurses is aromatherapy. The purpose of this study
was to determine the effect of bergamot orange aromatherapy on stress levels in
nurses at Ciremai Hospital, Cirebon City.
This research uses quantitative methods. This type of research uses a preexperimental design method with the design of the one group pre and post-test
design without control group. Sampling with purposive sampling amounted to 30
respondents with inclusion and exclusion characteristics. Data collection using the
Perceived Stress Scale-10 (PSS-10) questionnaire. Analysis used paired sample ttest test. The research was conducted at Ciremai Hospital, Cirebon City with a
period of 5 days.
The results showed that before giving bergamot orange aromatherapy, most of the
respondents, namely 26 respondents (87%) with moderate stress levels, while after
giving bergamot orange aromatherapy 23 respondents (77%) with a mild scale.
The results showed that there was an effect of bergamot orange aromatherapy on
stress levels in nurses at the Cirebon city ciremai hospital with a p value < α (p
value = 0.000 α = 0.05). So Ho fails to be accepted and Ha is accepted so it can be
concluded that there is an effect of bergamot orange aromatherapy on stress levels
in nurses at Ciremai Hospital, Cirebon City.
Keywords: Citrus Bergamot Aromatherapy, Stress Level, Nurse
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