Efficacy of Chinese auriculotherapy for stress in nursing staff: a randomized clinical trial

Objective

this randomized single blind clinical study aimed to evaluate the efficacyof auriculotherapy with and without a protocol for reducing stress levelsamong nursing staff.

Method

a total of 175 nursing professionals with medium and high scores accordingto Vasconcelos'' Stress Symptoms List were divided into 3 groups: Control(58), Group with protocol (58), Group with no protocol (59). They wereassessed at the baseline, after 12 sessions, and at the follow-up (30 days).

Results

in the analysis of variance, statistically significant differences betweenthe Control and Intervention groups were found in the two evaluations(p<0.05) with greater size of effect indices (Cohen) for the No protocolgroup. The Yang Liver 1 and 2, Kidney, Brain Stem and Shen Men were thepoints most used.

Conclusion

individualized auriculotherapy, with no protocol, could expand the scope ofthe technique for stress reduction compared with auriculotherapy with aprotocol. NCT: 01420835