Title |
Aplicabilidade da auriculoterapia com agulhas ou sementes para diminuição de estresse em profissionais de enfermagem
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Published in |
Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP, March 2012
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DOI | 10.1590/s0080-62342012000100012 |
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Authors |
Leonice Fumiko Sato Kurebayashi, Juliana Rizzo Gnatta, Talita Pavarini Borges, Geysa Belisse, Suzana Coca, Akemi Minami, Telma Moreira Souza, Maria Júlia Paes da Silva |
Abstract |
This clinical randomized trial was performed with the objective to evaluate the stress levels of the nursing staff of a hospital and analyze the effectiveness of auriculotherapy with needles and seeds. The 75 participants with mean (44/58.7%) and high (31/41.3%) scores according to the Stress Symptoms List were divided into groups (control, needles, and seeds), who received eight sessions on the Shenmen, Kidney and Brainstem points and were evaluated at the baseline, fourth and eighth sessions and on the 15-day follow-up session. The analysis of variance (ANOVA) showed significant differences among the groups at the third assessment (F=3.963/P=0.023) and follow-up (F=6.136/P=0.003). These differences occurred between the control and needle groups. The 'seeds' and needles groups both showed differences (p<0.05) at the second assessment when compared within the same group. In conclusion, auriculotherapy reduced the stress in the nursing staff, with needles showing better results than seeds for high scores, maintaining the effects for 15 days. |
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