The Effect of Copaiba Oil Odor on Anxiety Relief in Adults under Mental Workload: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Table 3
Comparison of the change of four physiological indexes between control and CPO group in n-back training and n-back test sessions.
Training session
Test session
SBP change (%)
Control group (n = 11)
1.23 ± 1.64
−0.71 ± 1.21
CPO group (n = 11)
4.55 ± 1.28
−1.31 ± 1.83
value
0.13
0.79
DBP change (%)
Control group (n = 11)
3.51 ± 2.84
−0.60 ± 2.23
CPO group (n = 11)
4.06 ± 2.46
−1.12 ± 1.52
value
0.88
0.85
HR change (%)
Control group (n = 11)
−3.64 ± 2.56
3.52 ± 2.82
CPO group (n = 11)
3.54 ± 4.89
−4.15 ± 2.97
value
0.21
0.04
SpO2 change (%)
Control group (n = 11)
0.1 ± 0.29
−0.18 ± 0.51
CPO group (n = 11)
−0.36 ± 0.60
1.05 ± 0.47
value
0.49
0.09
The calculation method of the changes of SBP, DBP, HR, and SpO2 is: the change (%) = (post – pre)/pre × 100%. The value represents means ± SEM. Training: n-back training session. Test: n-back and mental arithmetic tasks test session.