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NCT Number: NCT01141374

Application of Auriculotherapy on Nursing Professional Stress Levels

Objectives: Randomized controlled trial aimed to assess stress levels in nursing staff and review the auriculotherapy effectiveness through semi-permanent needles and seeds.

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Key information

Conditions

Stress

Age range

23 year–61 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 2

Primary location

Hospital Universitário da Universidade de São Paulo

São Paulo, 05508-000, Brazil

About this study

Seventy five participants with average and high scores on the Stress Symptoms List (LSS) were divided in 3 groups (control, needles and seeds).

They were evaluated at the baseline, fourth and eighth sessions and 15-day follow-up and received 8 sessions through Shenmen, Kidney and Brainstem points.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Average and high score by the List of Stress Symptoms
  • Voluntary participation in the study
  • Availability of time for submission to the sessions

Exclusion criteria

  • Pregnancy
  • Medical license or vacation during the period
  • Low score of stress

Treatment and study plan

auriculotherapy by needles

Other

The chinese auriculotherapy is a intervention used by Chinese Traditional Medicine in order to balance the body energy and to treat several kind of diseases using semi-permanent needles in specific points of the auricular pavilion.

Other names: auricular acupuncture

auriculotherapy by seeds

Other

We used the three points Shenmen, Kidney, and Brain Stem with mustard seeds, 1 time per week for 8 sessions.The subjects were instructed to stimulate the points three times a day.

Other names: Auricular acupuncture by seeds

Primary outcomes

  1. Stress Levels After 4 Sessions (2nd Evaluation)

    Time frame: after 30 days

    Scale information: Stress Symptoms List (LSS)with 60 items (better outcome)Low score: 12/29 points; Medium score: 30/60 points; High score: 61/120 points; Very high score (worse outcome): >120 points.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Stress Levels(3rd and 4th Evaluation)

    Time frame: after 60 and 75 days

    Scale Information: Stress Symptoms List (LSS) with 60 items Low score (better outcome): 12/29 points; Medium score: 30/60 points; High score: 61/120 points; Very high score (worse outcome): >120 points.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Sao Paulo

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Analysis of the Application of Different Forms in Auriculotherapy on Nursing Professional Stress Levels

Important dates

Study start
2010
Primary completion
2010
Study completion
2010
First posted
Jun 10, 2010
Registry last updated
Jan 24, 2013

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