title: Chinese auriculotherapy to improve quality of life of nursing team.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluated the efficacy of auriculotherapy for improving quality of life and reducing stress in nursing staff.
  
  
  METHODS
  Single-blind radomizad clinical trail envolving 175 subjects randomized in: Control (G1), Protocol Group (G2) and without Protocol Group (G3). They were evaluated by the Stress Symptoms List and SF36v2 at baseline, after 12 sessions and follow up (30 days), between January and July 2012.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Both intervention groups reduced stress (p <0.05) with greater effect for G3 (d = 1.15). G3 was also higher for improving life quality especially the physical domain (p = 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Individualized auriculotherapy (G3) had greater effect compared to the protocol auriculotherapy (G2) for reducing stress and improving life quality.
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem na Saúde do Adulto, Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Leonice Fumiko Sato
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Kurebayashi
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem na Saúde do Adulto, Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Maria Júlia Paes
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: da Silva
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D055097:Auriculotherapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009746:Nursing, Team; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011788:Quality of Life; D016037:Single-Blind Method; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000517:prevention & control*; D055815:Young Adult