ABTRACT Objective: to evaluate the effectiveness of massage and reiki in the reduction of stress and anxiety in clients at the Institute for Integrated and Oriental Therapy in Sao Paulo (Brazil). Method: clinical tests randomly done in parallel with an initial sample of 122 people divided into three gr...
Abstract Aromatherapy is a Practical or Complementary Health Therapy that uses volatile concentrates extracted from plants called essential oils, in order to improve physical, mental and emotional well-being. Aromatherapy has been practiced historically and worldwide by nurses and, as in Brazil is suppor...
Objetivo: avaliar a efi cácia da auriculoterapia para melhoria de qualidade de vida e redução de estresse em equipe de Enfermagem. Método: ensaio clÃnico randomizados 175 sujeitos em Controle (G1), Grupo Protocolo(G2) e sem Protocolo(G3). Foram avaliados pela Lista de Sintomas de Stress e SF36v2 no ...
Objective: To assess the efficacy of massage for decreasing occupational low back pain in workers of a Nursing team in an Emergency Room. Method: A randomized controlled trial, using a socio-demographic/morbidity questionnaire and a Pain Numeric Scale. Forty-five subjects were randomly allocated for inte...
OBJECTIVE: this randomized single blind clinical study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of auriculotherapy with and without a protocol for reducing stress levels among nursing staff. METHOD: a total of 175 nursing professionals with medium and high scores according to Vasconcelos' Stress Symptoms List were...
AIM: to evaluate evidence concerning sources or mechanisms of infection transmission of atypical mycobacteria associated with acupuncture, and the species causing infections. METHOD: research was performed in December 2011 in the databases of LILACS, MEDLINE, EMBASE, OvidSP and the Cochrane Library, with...
Este Ensaio ClÃnico Randomizado simples-cego verificou nÃveis de ansiedade dos estudantes de Enfermagem de nÃvel médio da Escola de Enfermagem São Joaquim, do Hospital Beneficência Portuguesa, e a eficácia da auriculoterapia na redução desses nÃveis. Foi aplicado o Inventário de Ansiedade TraÃ...
AIMS: randomized clinical trial aimed at evaluating the auriculotherapy in reducing stress levels in 75 nursing professionals and analyze the coping domains that have changed after treatment. METHODOLOGY: volunteers were divided into 3 groups (Control, Needles and Seeds) and received eight sessions at Sh...
OBJETIVO: Ensaio clÃnico objetivou avaliar a eficácia da auriculoterapia com agulhas semipermanentes sobre nÃveis de estresse na equipe de Enfermagem de um hospital-escola, entre janeiro e julho de 2010. MÉTODOS: Quarenta e nove pessoas foram randomizadas em três grupos: grupo 1 (controle), grupo 2 ...
This study is a randomized single-blind trial, which aimed to evaluate the efficacy of true auriculotherapy and placebo auriculotherapy in reducing the stress levels of mid-level Nursing students of the School of Nursing of the Beneficência Portuguesa Hospital. Seventy-one students with average, high an...