Contributions of auriculotherapy in smoking cessation: a pilot study

Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP

Roberta De Paiva Silva¹  Erika De Cássia Lopes Chaves¹  Sandra Cristina Pillon¹  Andréia Maria Silva¹  Denis Da Silva Moreira¹  Denise Hollanda Iunes¹ 

关键词: Auriculotherapy;    Smoking;    Smoking cessation;    Complementary therapies;    Auriculoterapia;    Hábito de fumar;    Cese del tabaquismo;    Terapias complementarias;    Auriculoterapia;    Hábito de fumar;    Abandono do hábito de fumar;    Terapias complementares;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0080-6234201400005000015

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Objective To evaluate the contribution of auriculotherapy in smoking cessation. Method Double-blind randomized controlled trial, conducted with 30 smokers allocated into two groups: Experimental Group (21 participants received 10 sessions of auriculotherapy at specific points for smoking) and Control Group (nine participants received auriculotherapy in points that have no effect on the focus of research). Results Auriculotherapy contributed in reducing the number of cigarettes smoked in 61.9% of participants (p=0.002), in reducing the difficult to abstain from smoking in places where it is forbidden by 38% (p=0.050) and in not smoking when ill 23.8% (p=0.025). Conclusion Given the efficacy only in terms of reducing the number of cigarettes smoked and other parameters, we suggest that future studies consider the use of auriculotherapy combined with other treatment methods, in order to achieve better results in cessation/abstinence.

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