Authors: (including presenting author): :
LI CS
Affiliation: :
Central Nursing Division, Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Keyword 1: :
Stress management
Keyword 2: :
Pain Management
Keyword 3: :
non-pharmacological interventions (NPI)
Keyword 4: :
aromatic therapy
Introduction: :
Abstract Being as a data entry officer serving in two offices (e.g. Office A & Office B) which both physical working environments are exactly the same, however, the error rate varies greatly. It is notice office A always fills with fresh flower scents or aromatic fragment and this study suggest aromatic working environment is positive associated with job performance.
Objectives: :
Introduction This study aims to identify whether Aromatic Scents enriches data entry accuracy in a stressful environment. A reliable data-base plays a critical role in a hospital setting, besides its legal implication, error free database offer precise data analysis for patient treatment plan and ensures patient safety as well(1). Despite Data were validated twice before hitting the enter key(2), yet the outcome varies, mistakes were barely identified in office A when compare to office B. This study aim at investigate what constitute such discrepancy.
Methodology: :
This is a self-reported observational study strive to offer a preliminary view whether refreshing aromatic scents has statistical relationship between data entry accuracy. The heart rate (HR) was recorded by a smart watch throughout the work for both offices on every Friday. 17 dataset for each office were recorded from March to July in 2025. The HR for a normal adult is around 76 beats per minute and HR variable has three ordinal values: 1 (76 HR), 2 (HR:77-81) and 3 (HR:82-86), research conducted by Kim (3) confirmed the higher the HR, the higher the stress level. In order to simplify the calculation, variable mistake has two values: 0 (no mistake) and 1 (mistake). Chi-Square test was used to test whether there is any association between two categorical variables.
Result & Outcome: :
Result & discussion The result (N=17, Chi-Value=9.78, p= 0.001) suggest the presence of aromatic scents will lead to a measurable decrease in stress level and increase accuracy in data input. Upon conducting an extensive literature search, it offered insights into non-pharmacological interventions (NPI) is the best remedy for pain and stress management (4-8). This explains why blue ceiling in the PCI/CT examination room is designed to create a claim environment for patients in reducing stress during the procedure. Studies confirm aromatic therapy is positive associated in reducing pain and stress(9, 10), nevertheless the systematic analysis done by Rawal (11) disagreed. It is notice that anxiety existed in patient who suffer from terminal cancer or undergo palliative care (12) and NPI could be an agent to reduce stress level and subsequently it improve the quality of life(4). Sadly, NPI setting is not wildly available for the palliative patients and NPI interview room is also missing for staff who need to break the bad news for patients’ relatives (e.g. signing the DNACPR form(13) or consenting the organ donation for their beloved suffer from brain-stem death(14)). As a result, the author call for a proper study to investigate whether aromatic scents is associate in reducing stress level for non-clinical staff working at the back office or NPI facility is capable of achieving more favorable outcomes for both clinical staff and patients. Conclusion This preliminary study offer an insight of aromatic scents could influence cognitive performance in stressful working settings, and it is highly likely aromatic scents could promote healthier environment that support both patients and employees well-being. Reference 1.Adir O, Poley M, Chen G, Froim S, Krinsky N, Shklover J, et al. Integrating artificial intelligence and nanotechnology for precision cancer medicine. Advanced materials. 2020;32(13):1901989. 2.Houston L, Probst Y, Martin A. Assessing data quality and the variability of source data verification auditing methods in clinical research settings. Journal of biomedical informatics. 2018;83:25-32. 3.Kim H-G, Cheon E-J, Bai D-S, Lee YH, Koo B-H.
