{"id":1175,"date":"2020-11-27T12:00:55","date_gmt":"2020-11-27T15:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pressreleases.scielo.org\/en\/?p=1175"},"modified":"2023-03-28T13:12:57","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T16:12:57","slug":"acupuncture-may-reduce-anxiety-in-pregnant-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pressreleases.scielo.org\/en\/2020\/11\/27\/acupuncture-may-reduce-anxiety-in-pregnant-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Acupuncture may reduce anxiety in pregnant women"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hercules Luz da Silva, Mestrado Profissional em Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Esp\u00edrito Santo, Universidade Federal do Esp\u00edrito Santo, ES, Brazil.<\/strong><\/p>\n

M\u00e1rcia Val\u00e9ria de Souza Almeida, Universidade Federal do Esp\u00edrito Santo, Departamento de Enfermagem, ES, Brazil.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0Maria Helena Costa Amorim, Universidade Federal de S\u00e3o Paulo, Escola Paulista de Enfermagem, SP, Brazil.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The study \u201cEffects of auriculotherapy on anxiety of pregnant women receiving low-risk prenatal care<\/a>\u201d published in Acta Paulista de Enfermagem<\/em> (Vol. 33), and conducted at the Federal University of Espirito Santos (Ufes), concluded that the use of auriculotherapy may help to reduce anxiety in pregnant women.<\/p>\n

This investigation was conducted at a low-risk prenatal clinic in a philanthropic maternity hospital in the state of Espirito Santo, and included 50 pregnant women (25 in the control group; 25 in the experimental group). The intervention used was auriculotherapy, and participants were evaluated using the instrument to identify the level of anxiety before and after the auriculotherapy sessions.<\/p>\n

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Image: Hercule Luz da Silva.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Image: Hercules Luz da Silva.<\/p><\/div>\n

The auriculotherapy showed a significant reduction of anxiety among pregnant women who were followed-up for two weeks, with consultation visits every three days. The intervention used was the auriculotherapy of \u00a0traditional Chinese medicine that uses seed fixation using points that in this tradition, when pressured, may calm down the tension and reduce the stress. Data of this study were analyzed statistically and they showed significance, indicating the auriculotherapy as a complementary treatment that can help to improve the quality of life of pregnant women.<\/p>\n

Auriculotherapy is an integrative and complementary practice that is included in the list of treatments offered by the Brazilian Public Health System (SUS) and can be applied by health professionals with specific education to apply this therapy, such as nurses and physicians. This study is an important contribution to the research team of UFES, and may increase the confidence and knowledge of this treatment through scientific evidence, \u00a0and constitute a low-cost and safe option to increase the possibilities of treatment offered to the population.<\/p>\n

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References<\/h3>\n

CONSELHO FEDERAL DE ENFERMAGEM (COFEN). Resolu\u00e7\u00e3o COFEN n\u00b0 326\/2008. Regulamenta no Sistema COFEN\/CORENs a atividade de acupuntura e disp\u00f5e sobre o registro da especialidade. Bras\u00edlia (DF):COFEN; 2008.<\/p>\n

MINIST\u00c9RIO DA SA\u00daDE. Secretaria de Aten\u00e7\u00e3o \u00e0 Sa\u00fade. Departamento de Aten\u00e7\u00e3o B\u00e1sica. Manual de implanta\u00e7\u00e3o de servi\u00e7os de pr\u00e1ticas integrativas e complementares no SUS \/ Minist\u00e9rio da Sa\u00fade, Secretaria de Aten\u00e7\u00e3o \u00e0 Sa\u00fade, Departamento de Aten\u00e7\u00e3o B\u00e1sica. \u2013 Bras\u00edlia (DF): Minist\u00e9rio da Sa\u00fade, 2018.<\/p>\n

SILVA, H. L. Efeitos da auriculoterapia nos ni\u0301veis de ansiedade e nos sinais e sintomas de Estresse e depressa\u0303o em gestantes atendidas em pre\u0301-natal de baixo risco. Esp\u00edrito Santo: Universidade Federal do Esp\u00edrito Santo, 2016.<\/p>\n

To read the article, acess<\/h3>\n

SILVA, H. L. et al. <\/em>Efeitos da auriculoterapia na ansiedade de gestantes no pr\u00e9-natal de baixo risco. Acta paul. enferm<\/em> [online]. 2020, vol.33 [viewed 27 November 2020].\u00a0 https:\/\/doi.org\/10.37689\/acta-ape\/2020ao0016<\/a>. Available from: http:\/\/ref.scielo.org\/hfh237<\/a><\/p>\n

External links<\/h3>\n

Acta Paulista de Enfermagem \u2013 APE: www.scielo.br\/ape<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The objective of this study was to identify effects of auriculotherapy to reduce the anxiety of pregnant women during the low-risk prenatal. Findings showed significant reduction of anxiety status in the experimental group suggesting that this practice is a potential therapy belonging to the integrative and complementary practice \u2013 ICP, and this is should be incorporated to the activities of health practice to women during the pregnancy. …<\/span> Read More →<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":254,"featured_media":1176,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[13,12],"tags":[14,194],"class_list":["post-1175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ape","category-press-releases","tag-acta-paulista-de-enfermagem","tag-nursing"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressreleases.scielo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressreleases.scielo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressreleases.scielo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleases.scielo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/254"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleases.scielo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1175"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleases.scielo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1182,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleases.scielo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1175\/revisions\/1182"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleases.scielo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressreleases.scielo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleases.scielo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleases.scielo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}