Auricular Stimulation for Relief of Stress and Anxiety

Stress and Anxiety Clinical Trial

— AA_COVID  

Official title:

Auricular Stimulation (AS) vs. "Waiting List" for Relief of Stress and Anxiety in Health Care Workers During COVID-19 Pandemic - a Prospective Controlled Investigation

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04703907
• Other study ID #: BB 324/20
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: December 3, 2020
• Est. completion date: August 2021

Study information

• Verified date: January 2021
• Source: University Medicine Greifswald
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The aim of the study is to evaluate whether auricular stimulation (percutaneous sensory stimulation of cranial nerves) as compared vs. no intervention (waiting list) reduces stress and anxiety in health care providers, working at the time of COVID-19 pandemic at the University Medicine of Greifswald.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 60
• Est. completion date: August 2021
• Est. primary completion date: August 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 19 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Medical care workers at the University Medicine of Greifswald

2. Experiencing stress and anxiety in connection with COVID-19 pandemic

3. Participants without previous anxiolytic medication

4. Ability to understand and fill in the structured questionnaire (Appendix D & E)

5. Written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Recidivist alcoholics

2. Local auricular skin infection

3. Pregnant or lactating women

4. Participants with prosthetic or damaged cardiac valves and mitral valve prolaps (risk of bacterial endocarditis according to guidelines of AHA)

5. Participants who are unable to understand the consent form

6. History of psychiatric disease

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Anxiety Disorders
• Stress and Anxiety

Intervention

Other:
• Auricular stimulation
Auricular "acupuncture-like" stimulation (percutaneous sensory stimulation of cranial nerves)

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Germany	University Medicine of Greifswald	Greifswald

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University Medicine Greifswald

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Germany, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Anxiety	State anxiety	15 weeks of investigation
Secondary	Trait anxiety		Before and after 15 weeks of intervention application
Secondary	Sleep quality		15 weeks of investigation