Table 1.
The demographic characteristics of the participants in the groups.
| Aromatherapy | Placebo | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | p-Value | ||
| Marital status | Married | 49 | 59 | 46 | 54.8 | 0.449 |
| Single | 34 | 41 | 37 | 44 | ||
| Separated | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.2 | ||
| Number of children | No child | 43 | 51.8 | 44 | 44 | 0.835 |
| One | 20 | 24.1 | 24 | 28.6 | ||
| Two | 17 | 20.5 | 14 | 16.7 | ||
| Three | 3 | 3.6 | 2 | 2.4 | ||
| >3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Service location | Intercity road | 53 | 63.9 | 53 | 36.9 | 0.919 |
| Urban | 30 | 36.1 | 31 | 63.1 | ||
| Education level | Associate degree | 63 | 75.9 | 67 | 79.8 | 0.446 |
| Bachelor’s degree | 19 | 22.9 | 17 | 20.2 | ||
| Master’s degree and higher | 1 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Field of education | Medical emergency | 65 | 78.3 | 64 | 76.2 | 0.680 |
| Nursing | 9 | 10.9 | 12 | 14.3 | ||
| Technician of anesthesiology | 1 | 1.2 | 3 | 3.6 | ||
| Rescue associate | 7 | 8.4 | 4 | 4.8 | ||
| Other | 1 | 1.2 | 1 | 1.1 | ||