Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Escola de Enfermagem, Rio Grande, RS, Brazil.
Hospital da Brigada Militar de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil.
Rev Lat Am Enfermagem. 2024 Sep 2;32:e4275. doi: 10.1590/1518-8345.7218.4275. eCollection 2024.
to analyze the effectiveness of auriculotherapy for decreasing anxiety and stress of perioperative nursing professionals.
mixed methods research, embedded experimental model. In the quantitative stage, a randomized, triple-blind clinical trial was conducted with perioperative nursing professionals, who answered a characterization questionnaire, the List of Signs and Symptoms of Stress, and the General Anxiety Disorder-GAD 7. The participants attended eight auriculotherapy sessions with semi-permanent needles. The qualitative stage was exploratory and descriptive, in which data were collected through semi-structured interviews. Data were mixed with the incorporation of qualitative findings to examine the intervention in the experimental study.
13 professionals participated in the intervention group and 14 in the control group. Anxiety and stress levels decreased significantly within groups, though no statistical difference was found between groups (p>0.05). The central category, "Auriculotherapy as an intervention to treat anxiety and stress," emerged from the qualitative data, which was subdivided into a base unit and three categories concerning the therapy's benefits.
applying real and sham auriculotherapy had the same effect on the participants' anxiety and stress levels; the reports reinforced such evidence. Non-pharmacological interventions, such as auriculotherapy, are essential for recovering and promoting the health of perioperative nursing professionals. Brazilian Clinical Trials Registry: RBR-3jvmdn.
分析耳穴疗法对降低围手术期护理专业人员焦虑和压力的效果。
混合方法研究，嵌入式实验模型。在定量阶段，对围手术期护理专业人员进行了一项随机、三盲的临床试验，他们回答了一个特征描述问卷、应激症状清单和一般焦虑障碍-GAD 7。参与者接受了八次耳针治疗。定性阶段是探索性和描述性的，通过半结构化访谈收集数据。将数据与定性发现相结合，以检查实验研究中的干预措施。
干预组有 13 名专业人员，对照组有 14 名专业人员。两组的焦虑和压力水平都显著降低，但组间无统计学差异（p>0.05）。“耳穴疗法作为治疗焦虑和压力的干预措施”是从定性数据中出现的中心类别，它进一步细分为一个基础单元和三个类别，涉及该疗法的益处。
真实和假耳穴疗法对参与者的焦虑和压力水平有相同的影响；报告加强了这一证据。非药物干预，如耳穴疗法，对于围手术期护理专业人员的康复和促进健康至关重要。巴西临床试验注册处：RBR-3jvmdn。
