CompletedNot Applicable

Is Auriculotherapy Responsible for Improvements on Anxiety Students' Prior and After Examinations?

Portugal26 participantsStarted 2021-09-01

Plain-language summary

As the investigators have shown before, there was a tendency for a reduction of anxiety levels on university students after 30 minutes, with auriculotherapy treatment before examinations have started. However, the effect was effective and clinically significant after 48 hours comparing auriculotherapy with placebo and no treatment. In this sense, the investigators intend to perform a new study with a large sample and introduce a new hypothesis. So, this study aims to detect the clinical effect of two auriculotherapy techniques on the anxiety levels of university students.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * University students * Unfamiliar with auriculotherapy, * No psychological disorders measured through Brief Symptom Inventory scale. Exclusion Criteria: * Students having any neurological disease, cardiovascular disease, renal disease or any chronic disease, such as diabetes or hypertension. * Pregnants. * Under psychiatric medication.

What they're measuring

Change on Spielberger's State-Trait-Anxiety Inventory (STAI)

Timeframe: Change from baseline to after 8 and 24 hours.

Change on Salivary amylase (U/ml)

Timeframe: Change from baseline to after 16 hours.

Trial details

NCT IDNCT05042778

SponsorUniversidade do Porto

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2021-12-03

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