Effectiveness of auriculotherapy on stress reduction in health workers: a controlled randomized clinical trial.
Rev Lat Am Enfermagem
; 30: e3771, 2022.
Article
in English, Portuguese, Spanish
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2197498
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
to assess the effectiveness of auriculotherapy in reducing occupational stress among Family Health Strategy workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.METHOD:
a controlled randomized clinical trial divided into two groups, namely auriculotherapy for stress group and placebo group. The Shapiro-Wilk test was used to assess data normality. The ANOVA test for repeated measures and the Tukey post-hoc test were applied to the group with normal samples. In turn, the Friedman and Durbin-Conover tests were employed in the group with non-normal distribution. Cohen's d index was calculated for the therapy effect size. A 95% significance level and p<0.05 were considered.RESULTS:
the auriculotherapy group presented 16.3% and 23.7% reductions in occupational stress after the third and sixth auriculotherapy sessions, with Cohen's d indices of 1.12 (large effect) and 1.82 (very large effect), respectively.CONCLUSION:
auriculotherapy proved to be effective in reducing occupational stress among Family Health Strategy workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is suggested that new studies are developed both during and after the pandemic in order to improve health workers' Quality of Life. ReBEC registration RBR - 38hjyt3.
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Auriculotherapy
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Occupational Stress
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
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Spanish
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Portuguese
Journal:
Rev Lat Am Enfermagem
Journal subject:
Nursing
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
1518-8345.5992.3771
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