Application of Auriculotherapy on Nursing Professional Stress Levels

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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Objectives: Randomized controlled trial aimed to assess stress levels in nursing staff and review the auriculotherapy effectiveness through semi-permanent needles and seeds.

Detailed Description
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Seventy five participants with average and high scores on the Stress Symptoms List (LSS) were divided in 3 groups (control, needles and seeds). They were evaluated at the baseline, fourth and eighth sessions and 15-day follow-up and received 8 sessions through Shenmen, Kidney and Brainstem points.

Official Title
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Analysis of the Application of Different Forms in Auriculotherapy on Nursing Professional Stress Levels

Conditions
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Stress

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: auriculotherapy by needles
* Other: auriculotherapy by seeds


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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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

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 23 Years
Maximum Age: 61 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Treatment
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| No Intervention: control group without treatment<br>Control Group didn't receive any treatment and was evaluated at the same time and the same way of interventions group | |
| Experimental: Auriculotherapy by needles<br>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. | Other: auriculotherapy by needles<br>* The chinese auriculotherapy is a intervention used by Chinese Traditional Medicine in order to balance the body energy and to treat several kind of diseases using semi-permanent needles in specific points of the auricular pavilion.<br>* Other names: auricular acupuncture;|
| Experimental: Auriculotherapy by seeds<br>The investigators used the three points Shenmen, Kidney, and Brain Stem with mustard seeds, 1 time per week for 8 sessions. | Other: auriculotherapy by seeds<br>* We used the three points Shenmen, Kidney, and Brain Stem with mustard seeds, 1 time per week for 8 sessions.The subjects were instructed to stimulate the points three times a day.<br>* Other names: Auricular acupuncture by seeds;|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Stress Levels After 4 Sessions (2nd Evaluation) | 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. | after 30 days | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Stress Levels(3rd and 4th Evaluation) | Scale Information: Stress Symptoms List (LSS) with 60 items Low score (better outcome): 12/29 points; Medium score: 30/60 points; High score: 61/120 points; Very high score (worse outcome): >120 points. | after 60 and 75 days | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Stress