An Investigation of Consumers’ Opinions Regarding to Lymphatic Drainage and Aromatherapy Effectiveness

• Main Authors: Li-Shu Lu, 盧麗淑
• Other Authors: Dr.Feng-Chiao Chang
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2010
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/13810925167380128404

碩士 === 國立屏東科技大學 === 技術及職業教育研究所 === 98 === The main purpose of this study was to investigate the consumer opinions regarding to the effectiveness of using lymphatic drainage, aromatherapy, and combing lymphatic drainage with aromatherapy. 410 customers from Tainan, Kaohsiung, and Pingtung were invited to fill out the questionnaire. The questionnaire included four dimensions in terms of the demographic data, the effectiveness of using lymphatic drainage, aromatherapy, and combing lymphatic drainage with aromatherapy. The internal reliability test in the effectiveness of using lymphatic drainage was .869, the effectiveness of using aromatherapy was .804, the effectiveness of combing lymphatic drainage with aromatherapy was .861, and total scale was .920 overall. Results indicated that customers had non-significant different scores of the use of lymphatic drainage, aromatherapy, combining lymphatic drainage and aromatherapy effectiveness based on various age, family status, occupation, education level and using frequency. Furthermore, the consumers living in various residence areas had significant scores in the using lymphatic drainage effectiveness. Additionally, consumers had significant scores in the using of aromatherapy based on various gender, the contact time, and health situation. Consumers had significant scores on the using combining lymphatic drainage with aromatherapy based on various home incomes. In sum, consumers using lymphatic drainage, aromatherapy, combining lymphatic drainage with aromatherapy were highly significantly associated with their health situations. Finally, some suggestions were provided for the education institutions and some relevant stores.