Auriculotherapy for the stress of the nursing team in the medium hospital complexity

Abstract

Objective: to characterize the stress level of the Nursing team of a school hospital of medium complexity. Method: quantitative, field, descriptive, exploratory and correlational study, with a quasi - experimental design, before and after, with Nursing staff submitted to auriculotherapy applied by means of programming crystals at Shenmen and Brain Stem points. The instruments of data collection were the Inventory of Stress Symptoms and the Stress Scale at Work. Descriptive and analytical statistics were used with the sum of test points. The results were organized considering the characteristics of the sample in relation to the stress levels followed by the analysis of the effectiveness of the intervention. Results: half of the Nursing assistants and 16.67% of the nurses presented some level of stress. There was statistical difference in the stress levels of Nursing auxiliaries. Conclusion: the Nursing team is exposed to work factors that trigger stress to which auriculotherapy has demonstrated effectiveness. The expansion of the investigation of this context of the Nursing work process and the importance of auriculotherapy as a care strategy is recommended. Descriptors: Auriculotherapy; Burnout, Professional; Nursing, Team; Hospital Units; Complementary Therapies; Nursing Research.RESUMOObjetivo: caracterizar o nível de estresse da equipe de Enfermagem de um hospital escola de média complexidade. Método: estudo quantitativo, de campo, descritivo, exploratório e correlacional, de vertente com delineamento quase experimental, do tipo antes e depois, com trabalhadores da equipe de Enfermagem submetidos à auriculoterapia aplicada por meio de cristais de programação nos pontos Shenmen e Tronco Cerebral. Os instrumentos de coleta de dados foram o Inventário de Sintomas de Stress e a Escala de Estresse no Trabalho. Utilizou-se a estatística descritiva e analítica com o teste da soma de postos. Os resultados foram organizados considerando as características da amostra em relação aos níveis de estresse seguidos da análise da efetividade da intervenção. Resultados: metade dos auxiliares de Enfermagem e 16,67% dos enfermeiros apresentaram algum nível de estresse. Houve diferença estatística nos níveis de estresse de auxiliares de Enfermagem. Conclusão: a equipe de Enfermagem está exposta a fatores do trabalho que desencadeiam estresse ao qual a auriculoterapia demonstrou efetividade. Recomenda-se ampliar a investigação desse contexto do processo de trabalho da Enfermagem e a importância da auriculoterapia como estratégia de cuidado. Descritores: Auriculoterapia; Esgotamento Profissional; Equipe de Enfermagem; Unidades Hospitalares; Terapias Complementares; Pesquisa em Enfermagem.RESUMEN Objetivo: caracterizar el nivel de estrés del equipo de Enfermería de un hospital escuela de mediana complejidad. Método: estudio cuantitativo, de campo, descriptivo, exploratorio y correlacional, de vertiente con delineamiento casi experimental del tipo antes y después, con trabajadores del equipo de Enfermería sometidos a auriculoterapia aplicada por medio de cristales de programación en los puntos Shenmen y Tronco Cerebral. Los instrumentos de recolección de datos fueron el Inventario de Síntomas de Estrés y la Escala de Estrés en el Trabajo. Se utilizó la estadística descriptiva y analítica con la prueba de la suma de puestos. Los resultados fueron organizados considerando las características de la muestra en relación a los niveles de estrés seguida del análisis de la efectividad de la intervención. Resultados: la mitad de los auxiliares de Enfermería y el 16,67% de los enfermeros presentaron algún nivel de estrés. Hubo diferencia estadística en los niveles de estrés de auxiliares de Enfermería. Conclusión: el equipo de enfermería está expuesto a factores del trabajo que desencadenan estrés, al que la auriculoterapia demostró efectividad. Se recomienda ampliar la investigación de ese contexto del proceso de trabajo de la Enfermería y la importancia de la auriculoterapia como estrategia de cuidado. Descriptores: Auriculoterapia; Agotamiento Profesional; Grupo de Enfermería; Unidades Hospitalarias; Terapias Complementarias; Investigación em Enfermagem.

Effectiveness of auriculotherapy for anxiety, stress or burnout in health professionals: a network meta-analysis

“…Enferm UFPE , 2018. 32 - Stress - 16 Nursing professionals - 8 sessions, with 7-day intervals - No follow-up - Shen men and brainstem - Crystals The nurses did not have their stress level reduced. At baseline there were five participants (83.3%) in the stress-free phase and one (16.6%) in resistance; at the 8 th application, all nurses were stress-free; and there was a significant reduction in stress (p=0.317).…”

“…In the following stage, 15 articles 8 - 9 , 12 - 13 , 24 - 34 were listed for full-reading and remained for the synthesis of the evidence ( Figure 2 ). It is noted that four articles included did not contain all the information listed for extraction and, on this occasion, contact was made with the authors via email; one of them 32 provided the requested results, two 13 , 24 reported that it would not be possible to do so, and another one 33 did not answer (after two attempts). Thus, the three articles 13 , 24 , 33 with missing data for the NMA were presented in the narrative synthesis, as recommended by the JBI 17 .…”

“…Of the 15 articles included, the publications occurred between 2009 and 2021 8 - 9 , 12 - 13 , 24 - 34 , with 11 (73.3%) 8 , 12 , 24 - 27 , 29 - 32 , 34 research studies developed in Brazil, three (20.0%) 9 , 13 , 33 in the United States of America (USA) and one (6.7%) in Italy 28 . In addition, 10 (66.6%) 8 , 12 , 25 - 31 , 33 are Randomized Clinical Trials (RCTs), four (26.7%) 9 , 13 , 24 , 32 are quasi-experimental studies of the before-and-after type, and one (6.7%) 34 is a multiple case study.…”

“…Of the 15 articles included, the publications occurred between 2009 and 2021 8 - 9 , 12 - 13 , 24 - 34 , with 11 (73.3%) 8 , 12 , 24 - 27 , 29 - 32 , 34 research studies developed in Brazil, three (20.0%) 9 , 13 , 33 in the United States of America (USA) and one (6.7%) in Italy 28 . In addition, 10 (66.6%) 8 , 12 , 25 - 31 , 33 are Randomized Clinical Trials (RCTs), four (26.7%) 9 , 13 , 24 , 32 are quasi-experimental studies of the before-and-after type, and one (6.7%) 34 is a multiple case study. Auriculotherapy was applied to 860 participants (sum of all samples of the articles); 10 (66.6%) studies included the Nursing team (8,24-27.29-32,34) , four (26.7%) all categories of health professionals 9 , 14 , 28 , 33 and one (6.7%), only nurses 12 .…”

“…There was predominance of Traditional Chinese Medicine (N=15; 100%) when compared to the French approach, with eight studies (53.3%) 8 , 13 , 25 - 27 , 29 - 31 applying semi-permanent needles. As for the location technique, the use of a point locator (53.3%) 8 , 25 - 27 , 29 - 32 predominated; six did not clarify the technique used (40.0%) 9 , 12 - 13 , 24 , 33 - 34 and one (6.7%) made use of an algometer with 250 grams of maximum pressure 28 .…”