title: [The applicability of auriculotherapy with needles or seeds to reduce stress in nursing professionals].
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.
authors.affiliation: Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil. contato@itio.com.br
authors.forename: Leonice Fumiko Sato
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Kurebayashi
authors.forename: Juliana Rizzo
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Gnatta
authors.forename: Talita Pavarini
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Borges
authors.forename: Geysa
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Belisse
authors.forename: Suzana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Coca
authors.forename: Akemi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Minami
authors.forename: Telma Moreira
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Souza
authors.forename: Maria Júlia Paes
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: da Silva
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D000328:Adult; D055097:Auriculotherapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000628:therapy*