stress reduction strategies

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BRISBANE, Australia, Sept. 20 Researchers in Australia

found aromatherapy

massages with music greatly reduced the stress levels

of emergency room

nurses.

The study, published in the Journal of Clinical

Nursing, found that 54

percent of the emergency room staff in summer and 65

percent in winter

suffered moderate to extreme anxiety. However, this

fell to 8 percent,

regardless of the season, once staff received

15-minute aromatherapy

massages while listening to music.

The study involved 86 nurses during two 12-week

alternative therapy sessions

provided over the course of one year. Sixteen massages

were carried out over

a two-day work period each week, with the names of

staff working those days

put into an envelope and selected at random.

" Introducing stress reduction strategies in the

workplace could be a

valuable tool for employers who are keen to tackle

anxiety levels in high

pressure roles and increase job satisfaction, " study

leader, Marie Cooke, of

Griffith University in Brisbane, said in a statement.

" But what is clear from this study, is that providing

aromatherapy massage

had an immediate and dramatic effect on staff who

traditionally suffer high

anxiety levels because of the nature of their work. "

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