Auriculotherapy as a Coping Strategy in Professional Nursing

Phase 1

Completed

• Conditions: Stress, Psychological; Coping Behavior
• Interventions: Other: auriculotherapy by needles; Other: auriculotherapy by seeds

• Registration Number: NCT01424072
• Lead Sponsor: University of Sao Paulo

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.

Basic Information
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Recruitment & Eligibility
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Study & Design
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Trial Locations

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2010-01
• Primary Completion: 2010-07
• Study First Submitted: 2011-08-23
• Study First Submitted QC: 2011-08-24
• Study First Posted: 2011-08-26
• Study Completion: 2011-09
• Results First Submitted: 2013-01-28
• Status Verified: 2013-04
• Results First Submitted QC: 2013-04-22
• Last Update Submitted: 2013-04-22
• Results First Posted: 2013-05-31
• Last Update Posted: 2013-05-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 75

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

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Exclusion Criteria

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

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Auriculotherapy by needles	auriculotherapy by needles	The investigators used 3 points, Shenmen, Kidney, and Brain Stem with semi-permanent needles of 1.8 mm, 1 time per week for 8 sessions.
Auriculotherapy by seeds	auriculotherapy by seeds	The investigators used the three points Shenmen, Kidney, and Brain Stem with mustard seeds, 1 time per week for 8 sessions.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Coping Strategy: Domain Social Support(After 60 Days)	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	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	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 Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Stress Scale	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.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Hospital Universitário de São Paulo; 🇧🇷 São Paulo, Brazil