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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2014 May-Jun;22(3):371-8.
doi: 10.1590/0104-1169.3239.2426.

Efficacy of Chinese auriculotherapy for stress in nursing staff: a randomized clinical trial

[Article in English, Portuguese, Spanish]
Leonice Fumiko Sato Kurebayashi  1 , Maria Júlia Paes da Silva  1
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Randomized Controlled Trial

Efficacy of Chinese auriculotherapy for stress in nursing staff: a randomized clinical trial

[Article in English, Portuguese, Spanish]
Leonice Fumiko Sato Kurebayashi et al. Rev Lat Am Enfermagem. 2014 May-Jun.

Abstract

Objective: this randomized single blind clinical study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of auriculotherapy with and without a protocol for reducing stress levels among nursing staff.

Method: a total of 175 nursing professionals with medium and high scores according to Vasconcelos' Stress Symptoms List were divided into 3 groups: Control (58), Group with protocol (58), Group with no protocol (59). They were assessed at the baseline, after 12 sessions, and at the follow-up (30 days).

Results: in the analysis of variance, statistically significant differences between the Control and Intervention groups were found in the two evaluations (p<0.05) with greater size of effect indices (Cohen) for the No protocol group. The Yang Liver 1 and 2, Kidney, Brain Stem and Shen Men were the points most used.

Conclusion: individualized auriculotherapy, with no protocol, could expand the scope of the technique for stress reduction compared with auriculotherapy with a protocol. NCT: 01420835.

Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT01420835.

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Flow diagram of the study subjects. São Paulo, SP, Brazil 2012
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Auricular points of the Protocol group. São Paulo, SP, Brazil 2012
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Evolution of the stress levels according to the 3 groups. São Paulo, 2012
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