Corrêa Hérica Pinheiro, Andrade Kauê Batista, Chianca Tânia Couto Machado, Caldeira Antônio Prates, Rodrigues Carolina Amaral Oliveira, Brito Maria Fernanda Santos Figueiredo, Moura Caroline de Castro, Araújo Diego Dias de
Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros. Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Rev Bras Enferm. 2025 Apr 28;78(2):e20240062. doi: 10.1590/0034-7167-2024-0062. eCollection 2025.
to assess the effect of auriculotherapy on anxiety, quality of life and fear of COVID-19 in pregnant women.
multicenter, single-blind, randomized clinical trial. Fifty-three pregnant women participated in intervention group and 51 in placebo group. Outcomes were measured by State Anxiety Inventory, World Health Organization Quality of Life-Bref, Fear of COVID-19 Scale and intervention assessment. Data were analyzed using Generalized Estimating Equations.
in both groups, there was reduced anxiety. In terms of quality of life, intervention group showed significant improvement in physical and environmental domains. In psychological domain, there was improvement in both groups, and in social domain, there was no significant change. Fear of COVID-19 decreased significantly in both groups.
auriculotherapy had an effect equal to that of the placebo group in reducing anxiety and fear of COVID-19, and superior effect in the quality of life physical and environmental domains. REBEC: RBR-7fsjmyc.
评估耳穴疗法对孕妇焦虑、生活质量及对新冠病毒肺炎恐惧的影响。
多中心、单盲、随机临床试验。干预组53名孕妇参与，安慰剂组51名孕妇参与。通过状态焦虑量表、世界卫生组织生活质量简表、对新冠病毒肺炎恐惧量表及干预评估来测量结果。使用广义估计方程分析数据。
两组焦虑均减轻。在生活质量方面，干预组在生理和环境领域有显著改善。在心理领域，两组均有改善，在社会领域，无显著变化。两组对新冠病毒肺炎的恐惧均显著降低。
耳穴疗法在减轻焦虑和对新冠病毒肺炎的恐惧方面与安慰剂组效果相当，在生活质量的生理和环境领域效果更佳。注册号：RBR-7fsjmyc。
