Auricular Stimulation (AS) vs. "Waiting List" for Relief of Stress and Anxiety in Health Care Workers During COVID-19 Pandemic - a Prospective Controlled Investigation

University Medicine Greifswald1 site in 1 country60 target enrollmentDecember 3, 2020

ConditionsStress and Anxiety

Overview

Phase: Not Applicable
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: Stress and Anxiety
Sponsor: University Medicine Greifswald
Enrollment: 60
Locations: 1
Primary Endpoint: Anxiety
Last Updated: 5 years ago

Overview Investigators Eligibility Criteria Outcomes Sites Similar Trials

Overview

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.

Registry

clinicaltrials.gov

Start Date

December 3, 2020

End Date

August 2021

Last Updated

5 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Study Design

Sequential

Sex

All

Investigators

Sponsor

University Medicine Greifswald

Responsible Party

Sponsor

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

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

Exclusion Criteria

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