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Trial reportRevista latino-americana de enfermagem2022

Effectiveness of auriculotherapy on stress reduction in health workers: a controlled randomized clinical trial.

Kairo Silvestre Meneses Damasceno, Gerfson Moreira Oliveira, Mônica Beltrame, Julita Maria Freitas Coelho, Rodrigo Fernandes Weyll Pimentel, Magno Conceição das Merces

Open access · diamondAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Revista latino-americana de enfermagem, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Kairo Silvestre Meneses DamascenoUniversidade do Estado da Bahia, Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Salvador, BA, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2444-4496
Gerfson Moreira OliveiraEscola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Pública, Medicina, Salvador, BA, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5860-1990
Mônica BeltrameUniversidade do Estado da Bahia, Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Salvador, BA, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2215-0336
Julita Maria Freitas CoelhoUniversidade do Estado da Bahia, Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Salvador, BA, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9520-5177
Rodrigo Fernandes Weyll PimentelUniversidade do Estado da Bahia, Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Salvador, BA, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0101-0190
Magno Conceição das MercesUniversidade do Estado da Bahia, Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Salvador, BA, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3493-8606
Universidade do Estado da Bahia · BREscola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Pública · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveto assess the effectiveness of auriculotherapy in reducing occupational stress among Family Health Strategy workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

methoda 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.

resultsthe 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.

conclusionauriculotherapy 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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AuriculotherapyCOVID-19Occupational StressHumansPandemicsQuality of Life

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PMID36629728
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