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Learning Objective 1: The learner will be able to take suggestions that colors impact autonomic nervous system activity and subjective arousal.
Learning Objective 2: The learner will be able to take suggestions to use color effect in daily nursing. It is possible to use those results in home environment.
(Methods) (1)Subjects: Seventeen healthy adult women consented to participate in this research project.(2)Experimental requirement 1) Experiment environment: A room at our school, built to simulate a model standard home. 2) Color stimulus: We changed only the color of the tablecloth. For the colors used in the experiment, we used chromatic colors from the Munsell hue circle. We selected red, yellow and blue with high chroma. For the achromatic colors, we selected black and white. (3)Measurement item 1) Autonomic nervous system activity evaluation index: The evaluation index were HF and LF/HF. 2) Subjective awareness: We collected data using the Japanese UWIST Mood Adjective Checklist (JUMACL). Outcomes are Tense Arousal (TA) and Energetic Arousal(EA). Before and after subjects looked at each color, we collected the data.
(Results)(1) Autonomic nervous system activity evaluation index 1)HF: HF value decrease was significant in black. 2) LF/HF: The proportional increase was significant in black and white, and activation of sympathetic nervous system activity was found. Yellow also showed a marginal significance. (2) Subjective arousal (JUMACL) A pre- and post-trial comparison of TA scores showed that post-trial scores were significantly low for blue and white. The post-trial EA scores were significantly low for all colors except red.
(Discussion) Significant activation of autonomic nervous system activity was found in an object that was commonly used in daily life, a tablecloth in black, yellow, or white. At the same time, colors except red have a tension reducing effect. We believe that color stimulation can use to adjust physical and mental activity in daily nursing.
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