Depression
Conditions
Interventions
This is a controlled, quasi-randomized clinical study, with a quantitative approach, in which the volunteers were randomly divided, respecting the inclusion and exclusion criteria, forming groups that
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Sponsors
Universidade Federal da Paraíba
Universidade Federal da Paraíba
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Adults aged at least 18 years old; physically and psychologically able to talk to the interviewers; intellectual and cognitive capacity to complete the questionnaires. They must attend the CRAS.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Pregnant women; nursing mothers; kidney disease patients; liver disease patients; use of psychotropic drugs; do not have the ability to understand and answer the questionnaires; sleeping during the intervention; refuse to receive the interventions; refuse to answer questions; refuse to sign the Term of Free and Clarified Consent (TCLE); Individuals whose external ear presents anatomical variations that make it difficult to locate the auricular points.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Expected outcome 1 - Evaluate anxiety scores measured by the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) and BECK Anxiety Inventory (BAI) instruments, and depressive mood scores by the BECK Depression Inventory (BDI) before and after using the infusion of the leaves Cissampelos sympodialis Eichl., auriculotherapy or non-intervention group. It is expected to find a reduction in these scores after the interventions mentioned above.;Outcome found 1 - It was observed that the Cissampelos and auriculotherapy groups showed similar reductions in the scores of the instruments used, which was not observed in the group without intervention. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Secondary outcomes are not expected. | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactLiane Mangueira
Universidade Federal da Paraíba
Outcome results
None listed