Applicability of Auriculotherapy as a Strategy for Stress and Coping in Nursing Professionals
Overview
- Phase
- Phase 1
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Stress, Psychological
- Sponsor
- University of Sao Paulo
- Enrollment
- 75
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Coping Strategy: Domain Social Support(After 60 Days)
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 12 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
This randomized clinical trial aimed at evaluating the auriculotherapy as coping strategies in 75 nursing professionals in a University Hospital.
Detailed Description
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.
Investigators
Leonice Fumiko Sato Kurebayashi
Leonice Fumiko Sato Kurebayashi
University of Sao Paulo
Eligibility Criteria
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
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
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).
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).
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
- Stress Scale(after 60 days)