Acupuncture effectiveness for stress symptoms

The present study aimed to verify the acupuncture effectiveness for stress symptoms treatment. The 20 participants were all volunteers from the community, 15 female and 5 male, aged from 27 to 65 years old. The Free and Informed Consent was signed, and then the application of the Lipp Stress Symptoms Inventory, an interview and the Analogue-Visual Scale, to evaluate the participants’ demand. The participants’ who attended the inclusion criterion had received 10 acupunture sessions. All participants were submitted to the EAV e ISSL after the 10 sessions. The general results indicated that before the acupuncture treatment 60% of the volunteers were in the resistance phase of stress, and the demand intensity average was 8,1, considering a scale from 1 to 10. After the treatment, the stress presence was significantly reduced (p<0,001), as the stress level (p=0,006), the symptoms predominance (p=0,02), and the demand intensity (p<0,001). As the acupuncture treatment reduced significantly the stress symptoms presence, it’s possible to conclude its effectiveness in this sample.

Stress; Medicine chinese tradiotional; Multidmodal treatment approach; Acupuncture; Psychology