Auricular Stimulation vs. Expressive Writing for Exam Anxiety
NCT ID: NCT03093584
Last Updated: 2017-03-29
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
37 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2014-04-30
2014-07-31
Brief Summary
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Study period: 04 / 2014 - 07 / 2014
Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. T. Usichenko Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine University Medicine of Greifswald
Aim of the study: To investigate the anxiolytic effect of AA vs. expressive writing and vs. no intervention in students, passing the oral exams in anatomy at the University of Greifswald
Design: Prospective randomised crossover trial
Interventions: 1. AA using indwelling fixed needles, retained 24 h in situ 2. Expressive writing
Number of volunteers: N = 40
Healthy medical students at the University of Greifswald Participants of the anatomy exams in spring/summer 2014 Without previous anxiolytic, sedative and analgesic medication No pregnancy or lactating Informed consent
Outcome measures: Anxiety level Heart rate, blood pressure Salivary α-amylase
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Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
CROSSOVER
TREATMENT
TRIPLE
Study Groups
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Auricular stimulation
Auricular acupuncture with indwelling fixed auricular acupuncture needles
Auricular acupuncture
Auricular acupuncture with indwelling fixed auricular acupuncture needles
Expressive writing
Expressive writing - sharing the emotional expectations in front of forthcoming exam
Expressive writing
Expressive writing is a standard psychological method in treatment of exam anxiety
No intervention
No intervention, just observation and monitoring of outcome measures
No interventions assigned to this group
Interventions
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Auricular acupuncture
Auricular acupuncture with indwelling fixed auricular acupuncture needles
Expressive writing
Expressive writing is a standard psychological method in treatment of exam anxiety
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
2. Going to take part in oral exams of human anatomy
3. Participants without previous anxiolytic medication
4. Ability to express the thoughts and emotions ("expressive writing")
5. Written informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
2. Local auricular skin infection
3. Pregnant or lactating women
4. Participants with prosthetic or damaged cardiac valves, intracardiac and intravascular shunts, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy 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
19 Years
35 Years
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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University Medicine Greifswald
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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Taras Usichenko, MD. PhD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
University Medicine of Greifswald
Other Identifiers
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BB 037/14
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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