Auricular Acupressure as a Treatment for Anxiety in Prehospital Transport Settings

Kober, Alexander; Scheck, Thomas; Schubert, Barbara; Strasser, Helmut; Gustorff, Burkhard; Bertalanffy, Petra; Wang, Shuming; Kain, Zeev N.; Hoerauf, Klaus

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“…Although studies were found regarding the decrease in anxiety and stress from the use of auriculotherapy (18)(19) , no studies were found on the applicability of this technique for Coping and dealing with stress.…”

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Applicability of auriculotherapy in reducing stress and as a coping strategy in nursing professionals

Kurebayashi¹,

Gnatta²,

Borges³

et al. 2012

Rev. Latino-Am. Enfermagem

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tratamento; e, na análise dentro do mesmo grupo, obtiveram-se diferenças significativas para o domínio confronto, na quarta avaliação entre grupos agulha/controle e para suporte social, na terceira avaliação para os grupos agulha/semente. Conclusões: a auriculoterapia com agulhas diminuiu os níveis de estresse significativamente e houve diminuição da utilização dos domínios afastamento, confronto e suporte social para os grupos de intervenção, após o tratamento, sugerindo que a auriculoterapia tanto com agulhas quanto com sementes pode produzir impacto positivo para melhorar a estratégia de coping na equipe de enfermagem.Mais estudos, porém, fazem-se necessários para que se possa conhecer o alcance da técnica.Descritores: Auriculoterapia; Estresse; Coping; Enfermagem. Aplicabilidad de la auriculoterapia para reducir estrés y como estrategia de coping en profesionales de enfermeríaObjetivos: Ensayo clínico hecho aleatorio objetivó evaluar la auriculoterapia para disminución de niveles de estrés en 75 profesionales de Enfermería de un hospital y analizar los principales dominios de Coping que se modificaron después del tratamiento. Metodología: los sujetos fueron divididos en grupos (Control, Agujas, Semillas), recibieron 8 sesiones en los puntos Shenmen, Riñón y Tronco Cerebral. El Grupo Control no recibió ninguna intervención.Resultados: se constataron diferencias significativas por la ANOVA para niveles de estrés entre el Grupo Aguja/Controle en la tercera y cuarta evaluaciones, según scores de estrés de la Lista de Síntoma de Estrés de Vasconcelos. Para el Inventario de Folkman y Lazarus, se logró diferencia estadística para el dominio Alejamiento entre los Grupos Aguja/Controle después del tratamiento; y en el análisis dentro del mismo grupo, se lograron diferencias significativas para el dominio Confrontación en la cuarta evaluación entre Grupos Aguja/Controle y para Soporte Social, en la tercera evaluación para los Grupos Aguja/Semillas. Conclusiones: la auriculoterapia con agujas apocó los niveles de estrés significativamente y hubo disminución de la utilización de los dominios Alejamiento, Confrontación y Soporte Social para los grupos de intervención después del tratamiento, sugiriendo que la auriculoterapia tanto con agujas cuanto con semillas puede producir un impacto positivo para mejorar estrategia de Coping en el equipo de Enfermería. Más estudios, sin embargo, se hacen necesarios para que se pueda conocer el alcance de la técnica.

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Applicability of auriculotherapy in reducing stress and as a coping strategy in nursing professionals

Kurebayashi¹,

Gnatta²,

Borges³

et al. 2012

Rev. Latino-Am. Enfermagem

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“…The practical advantages of AA include 32,33 : (1) only minimal equipment is needed and any physicians or nurses can perform this treatment; (2) physicians as well as other health care providers who have rare or no experience in traditional Chinese medicine can learn this technique within a few hours and can use it whenever indicated; (3) it is almost a ''no-cost'' intervention; (4) AA is non-invasive and does not affect the integrity of the epidermis. Acupressure, including AA, has been found to be safe and effective in decreasing prehospital anxiety 32 , reducing preoperative anxiety 34,35 , alleviating stress 33 and improving quality of life 36,37 . IVF is usually the final treatment option for infertile couples, and failure will probably mean their remaining childless 38 .…”

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Auricular acupressure reduces anxiety levels and improves outcomes of in vitro fertilization: a prospective, randomized and controlled study

Xing

Huang

2013

Fertility and Sterility

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The study was to explore whether auricular acupressure (AA) can relieve anxiety during the period from trans-vaginal oocyte retrieval to the embryo transfer in IVF treatment and whether AA can improve the outcomes of IVF. 305 infertile patients with tubal blockage who were referred for IVF were included. The women were randomized into a control group with 102 cases, a Sham-AA group with 102 cases and an AA group with 101 cases. The anxiety levels were rated with Spielberger's State Trait Anxiety Inventory and the Amsterdam Preoperative Anxiety and Information Scale. Data of clinical pregnancy rate (CPR), implantation rate (IR) and live birth rate (LBR) were obtained. The levels of neuropeptide Y (NPY) and transforming growth factor alpha (TGF-alpha) in the follicular fluids were detected with ELISA. After treatment, in AA group, the levels of state anxiety, preoperative anxiety and need-for-information were significantly lower, whereas CPR, IR, LBR and NPY levels in the follicular fluids were markedly higher than Sham-AA group and control group. We concluded that AA could help to reduce anxiety levels associated with IVF and improves the outcomes of IVF partly through increasing the levels of NPY in the follicular fluids.

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“…A study of auricular acupressure was carried out in Austria, for treatment of anxiety in pa ents with gastrointes nal problems, who needed an ambulance to reach the hospital. The authors found that auricular acupuncture is an eff ecve treatment for reducing stress and anxiety displayed by pa ents during transport to the hospital (20) .…”

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Eficácia da auriculoterapia na redução de ansiedade em estudantes de enfermagem

Prado¹,

Kurebayashi²,

Silva

2012

Rev. esc. enferm. USP

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Este Ensaio Clínico Randomizado simples-cego verificou níveis de ansiedade dos estudantes de Enfermagem de nível médio da Escola de Enfermagem São Joaquim, do Hospital Beneficência Portuguesa, e a eficácia da auriculoterapia na redução desses níveis. Foi aplicado o Inventário de Ansiedade Traço-Estado no início, após 8 e 12 sessões e no follow-up (quinze dias). A amostra foi composta por 71 indivíduos divididos em três grupos: Controle sem intervenção (25), Auriculoterapia (24), e Placebo (22). Resultados: Na análise de variância (ANOVA) houve diferença estatisticamente significativa pelo Post Hoc entre os grupos controle/auriculoterapia na segunda (p=0.000), terceira (p=0.012) e quarta avaliações (p=0.005); e entre grupos placebo/controle, somente na 2ª avaliação (p=0.003). A auriculoterapia com os pontos Shenmen e Tronco Cerebral foi mais eficaz para a diminuição dos níveis de ansiedade em estudantes de Enfermagem (20,97%), em comparação com os pontos sham (13,74%), porém, estudos com amostragem mais representativa se fazem necessários.

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Auricular Acupressure as a Treatment for Anxiety in Prehospital Transport Settings

Abstract: It was concluded that auricular acupressure is an effective treatment for anxiety in prehospital emergency settings.

Cited by 106 publications

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Applicability of auriculotherapy in reducing stress and as a coping strategy in nursing professionals

Applicability of auriculotherapy in reducing stress and as a coping strategy in nursing professionals

Auricular acupressure reduces anxiety levels and improves outcomes of in vitro fertilization: a prospective, randomized and controlled study

Eficácia da auriculoterapia na redução de ansiedade em estudantes de enfermagem

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