The Use of Coffee Aroma for Stress Reduction in Postgraduate Dental Students.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aimed to investigate the potential reduction of academic stress related to a graded oral presentation in postgraduate dental students using coffee aromatherapy.

Methods

Healthy postgraduate dental students in a seminar class were divided into coffee (n = 32) and control (n = 26) groups. There were 3 modes of aroma distribution: personal distribution with a coffee pad attached to a lanyard, a lanyard plus a personal fan for ventilation of the aroma, and the typical method of the diffuser to spread the aroma in the ambient air. Stress markers comprised levels of salivary alpha-amylase (sAA), cortisol (sCort), and chromogranin A (sCgA). Pulse rates were also measured.

Results

Levels of sAA increased 176.62% ± 30.26% between pre- and postpresentation

SUBMITTER: Pachimsawat P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11561488 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature