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NCT Number: NCT01424072

Auriculotherapy as a Coping Strategy in Professional Nursing

This randomized clinical trial aimed at evaluating the auriculotherapy as coping strategies in 75 nursing professionals in a University Hospital.

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Key information

Conditions

Stress, Psychological Behavior Behavioral Symptoms Coping Behavior

Age range

23 year–61 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 1 / Phase 2

Primary location

Hospital Universitário de São Paulo

São Paulo, 05508-000, Brazil

About this study

There is consensus that psychological and social factors can lead to physical health problems of individuals and coping strategies in stressful situations may be crucial for the mental, physical and social development of people. Taking care of professionals who provide health services is a key strategy, since good results depend on the service, especially in work teams healthy and, therefore, able to promote the humanization of service.

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. Coping Strategy: Domain Social Support(After 60 Days)

    Time frame: after 60days

    Scale information: Folkman and Lazarus Coping Strategy Inventory with 66 items. The scale is constructed by 8 different "domains": confrontation, distancing, self-control, social support, acceptance of responsibility, escape avoidance, problem solving and positive reappraisal.The questions are scored by Likert scale: 0 (not used this strategy); 1 (used somewhat); 2 (used enough) and 3(used in large quantities) to the 66 items (Folkman and Lazarus Coping Strategy Inventory). It performed a summation of items and defined the scores: 0-4 points (not use this strategy), 5-9 (use this strategy a bit), 10-14 ( use this strategy quite) 14-18 (use strategy plenty).

  2. Coping Strategy: Distancing Domain

    Time frame: after 75 days

    The questions are scored by Likert scale: 0 (not used this strategy); 1 (used somewhat); 2 (used enough) and 3(used in large quantities) to the 66 items (Folkman and Lazarus Coping Strategy Inventory). It performed a summation of items and defined the scores: 0-4 points (not use this strategy), 5-9 (use this strategy a bit), 10-14 ( use this strategy quite) 14-18 (use strategy plenty).

  3. Coping Strategy: Social Support Domain

    Time frame: after 60 days

    Scale information: Folkman and Lazarus Coping Strategy Inventory with 66 items. The scale is constructed by 8 different "domains": confrontation, distancing, self-control, social support, acceptance of responsibility, escape avoidance, problem solving and positive reappraisal.The questions are scored by Likert scale: 0 (not used this strategy); 1 (used somewhat); 2 (used enough) and 3(used in large quantities) to the 66 items (Folkman and Lazarus Coping Strategy Inventory). It performed a summation of items and defined the scores: 0-4 points (not use this strategy), 5-9 (use this strategy a bit), 10-14 ( use this strategy quite) 14-18 (use strategy plenty).

Secondary outcomes

  1. Stress Scale

    Time frame: after 60 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.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Sao Paulo

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Applicability of Auriculotherapy as a Strategy for Stress and Coping in Nursing Professionals

Important dates

Study start
2010
Primary completion
2010
Study completion
2011
First posted
Aug 26, 2011
Registry last updated
May 31, 2013

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