The Effect of Aromatherapy Applied to Intensive Care Nurses on Tension-Type Headache

Self-administered by ICU nurses for four weeks, in the first week, every day in the morning and evening; In the second, third and fourth weeks, every day only in the morning, 2 ml of eucalyptus sttriodora (Group 1) oil, diluted with 3% sesame oil, is dropped into the palm of the hand, and after rubbing the hands together, rub the earlobe from top to bottom with the thumb and index finger for four minutes. Massage application together and again by dropping 2 ml of 3% eucalyptus sttriodora (Intervention 1) oil into the palm. These are groups that are given a gentle massage of the cervical muscles from top to bottom for four minutes after rubbing the hands mutually.

Group 2(Aromatherapy Groups): Self-administered by ICU nurses for four weeks, in the first week, every day in the morning and evening; In the second, third and fourth weeks, every day only in the morning, 2 ml of medicanal lavandula (Group 2) oil, diluted with 3% sesame oil, is dropped into the palm of the hand, and after rubbing the hands together, rub the earlobe from top to bottom with the thumb and index finger for four minutes. Massage application together and again by dropping 2 ml of 3% medicanal lavandula (Intervention 1) oil into the palm. These are groups that are given a gentle massage of the cervical muscles from top to bottom for four minutes after rubbing the hands mutually.

Self-administered by ICU nurses for four weeks, in the first week, every day in the morning and evening; In the second, third and fourth weeks, every day only in the morning, 2 ml of sesame oil is dropped into the palm of the hand and after rubbing the hands mutually, massage the earlobe from top to bottom with the thumb and index finger for four minutes, and again apply 2 ml of sesame oil into the palm. The group was given a gentle massage of the cervical muscles from top to bottom for four minutes after rubbing the hands together with the drops.