Vol. 3, Issue 3, Part G (2017)

Objectives: 1) To assess the existing level of knowledge regarding aromatherapy in management of stress related hypertension among nursing students.

3) To associate the pre-test level of knowledge regarding aromatherapy in management of stress related hypertension with their selected demographic variables.

Subjects: The participants were 40 B.Sc Nursing students from Sri Krishna Rukmini College of Nursing, Bangalore.

Data collection tool: A structured questionnaire was used to collect data from the subjects.

Results: In the pre-test, the subjects had moderate knowledge with a mean of 22.6 and standard deviation of 2.27 whereas in the post test there was a significant mean knowledge gain of 31.57 and standard deviation of 1.73. A significant association was found between family history of using essential oil with mean pre-test knowledge score. 13