COVID 19
Conditions
Interventions
Participants were divided into two groups, initially there were 40 participants: 50% received systemic acupuncture therapy and the other, auricular, totaling 39 in the end. Distribution into groups wa
H02.004
Sponsors
Universidade de São Paulo
Universidade Federal Do Triângulo Mineiro
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Nursing staff (nurse, nursing technician or nursing assistant) from the urgency and emergency unit or sector that cares for patients with suspected or confirmed Covid-19. Working professionals, allocated to the sector studied. Health professionals who present some level of anxiety, according to the instrument to be applied previously
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: People who show signs or symptoms of COVID 19 at the time of data collection or intervention. People who leave the selected sector or are dismissed from the institution during data collection. Those who did not want to answer the mandatory questions for the study. Those who miss two sessions in a row or miss without justification
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| It is expected to find an improvement in anxiety, assessed through a specific validated instrument, after applying the systemic and auricular acupuncture intervention in nursing professionals during the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| It is expected not to find a significant difference between the effects of systemic and auricular acupuncture on participants' anxiety | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactWeide Dayane Nascimento
Universidade de São Paulo
Outcome results
None listed