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Chinese Auriculotherapy on Stress and Quality of Life in Nursing Professionals: Randomized Clinical Trial

NCT01420835 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 175

Last updated 2013-01-21

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess stress levels and quality of life in the nursing team of Samaritan Hospital and evaluate the effectiveness of Chinese auriculotherapy used with and without closed protocol on reducing the stress levels and improvement of life quality.

Conditions

  • Stress
  • Quality of Life

Interventions

OTHER

Auriculotherapy (protocol group)

The auriculotherapy points of the protocol group will be 5 points (Liver yang1, Liver yang2, Shenmen, Kidney, Brainstem), during 45 days, twice per week, 12 sessions and assessment of the follow-up (30 days) after finishing the treatment.

OTHER

without protocol group

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. Five points will be chosen to treat stress according to the symptoms and the Chinese diagnosis.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Sociedade Hospital Samaritano

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Sao Paulo

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Leonice FS Kurebayashi · Instituto de Terapia Integrada e Oriental

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-09-30
Primary Completion
2011-11-30
Completion
2012-12-31

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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