A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Aroma Therapy on Depression Among Old Age People, at Selected Old Age Home, Dindigul

INTRODUCTION: Old age is not so full of energy, but things are settling and depth is arising. If you miss your youth, you will miss your old age. Aromatherapy is a form of alternative medicine that uses plant materials and aromatic plant oils, including essential oils, and other aromatic compounds for the purpose of altering one's mood, cognitive, psychological or physical wellbeing. OBJECTIVES: 1. To determine the pre test and post test level of depression among old age people in the experimental and control group. 2. To determine the effectiveness of aroma therapy on depression among old age in experimental group. 3. To associate the post level of depression with the selected demographic variables of old age people in the experimental group and control group. HYPOTHESIS: 1. The mean post test depression score of the old age will be significantly lesser than the mean pre test depression score of the old age who will have aroma. 2. There will be a significant association between the post test depression level of the old age and their selected demographic variables. METHODOLOGY: Quantitative evaluative research approach, quasi experimental design was used for this study. Purposive sampling technique was used for the study. RESULT AND CONCLUSION: In the pre test the level of depression Among the experimental group (40%) had mild depression (60%) moderate level of depression. But in the post test majority of the samples experienced much mild level of depression(63%), (37%) had moderate level of depression. The effectiveness of aromatherapy on depression among old age using paired “t” test shows 10.5 significant at the level of P