Auricular Stimulation for Relief of Stress and Anxiety

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Stress and Anxiety
• Interventions: Other: Auricular stimulation

• Registration Number: NCT04703907
• Lead Sponsor: University Medicine Greifswald

Brief Summary

The aim of the study is to evaluate whether auricular stimulation (percutaneous sensory stimulation of cranial nerves) as compared vs. no intervention (waiting list) reduces stress and anxiety in health care providers, working at the time of COVID-19 pandemic at the University Medicine of Greifswald.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2020-12-03
• Status Verified: 2021-01
• Study First Submitted: 2021-01-08
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-01-08
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-01-08
• Study First Posted: 2021-01-11
• Last Update Posted: 2021-01-11
• Primary Completion: 2021-08
• Study Completion: 2021-08

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

1. Medical care workers at the University Medicine of Greifswald
2. Experiencing stress and anxiety in connection with COVID-19 pandemic
3. Participants without previous anxiolytic medication
4. Ability to understand and fill in the structured questionnaire (Appendix D & E)
5. Written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

1. Recidivist alcoholics
2. Local auricular skin infection
3. Pregnant or lactating women
4. Participants with prosthetic or damaged cardiac valves and mitral valve prolaps (risk of bacterial endocarditis according to guidelines of AHA)
5. Participants who are unable to understand the consent form
6. History of psychiatric disease

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SEQUENTIAL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Intervention group	Auricular stimulation	This group is constituted from patients who will receive the intervention first within 15 weeks

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Anxiety	15 weeks of investigation	State anxiety

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Sleep quality	15 weeks of investigation
Trait anxiety	Before and after 15 weeks of intervention application

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University Medicine of Greifswald; 🇩🇪 Greifswald, Germany