Avaliação neuropsicofisiológica dos níveis de ansiedade e voz pré e pós inalação do Citrus Aurantium L.

Abstract

The voice can express in some way or intensity our emotions. Thus, from the mometo what is experienced situations of stress, exposure and great fear, can reflect anxiety through voice.The aromatherapy is presented as an alternative method with significant results in reducing anxiety, with modifications proven aspects physiological, emotional and behavioral. Involves the therapeutic use of aromatic essences, essential oils (EO), usually combined with therapeutic massage, excitement of the olfactory system (inhalation) or intake, in order to induce relaxation and reduction or even elimination of some symptoms of anxiety. From the foregoing, we seek the objective of this research verify anxiolytic effect of Citrus aurantium L. essential oil (CAL) in neuropsycophysiological and vocal responses in college students. This work is divided into three articles: the first is a systematic review on the shoulders of essential oils and their volatile components in minimizing anxiety levels, as submitted for publication the Journal of Psychology Studies. The main conclusion presented the presence of 16 types of essential oils or components thereof with anxiolytic effects in animals and / or humans. Next, a second article in a systematic review, entitled "Anxiety levels and impacts on the voice: a systematic review", aimed at assessing studies that bring better understanding of the impact of anxiety in his voice. This presented as main finding the existence of a relationship between anxiety and presence of vocal, besides elucidating the ways of measuring the vocal aspects and anxiety. This will be submitted to Journal CEFAC. Finally, we present the third article, built with empirical data from a field study, which aimed to evaluate the anxiolytic effect of essential oil Citrus Aurantium L (CAL) in neuropsycophysiological and vocal responses in college students. Demonstrated that the essential oil Citrus aurantium L. showed no anxiolytic effect compared the variables to control and experimental groups, and was not significant compared to the moments before, during and after the ansiogência task. It was observed that the vocal parameters and speech pitch, loudness, voice quality, resonance, modulation, speed, incoordination pneumophonoarticulatory, hesitations and pauses shown to be important markers of anxiety level.