Efficacy of auriculo therapy in improving sleep quality in university students
International Journal of Development Research
Efficacy of auriculo therapy in improving sleep quality in university students
Received 25th June, 2018; Received in revised form 14th July, 2018; Accepted 17th August, 2018; Published online 29th September, 2018
Copyright © 2018, Monaliza Sousa dos Anjos et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The research aimed to evaluate the quality of sleep in university students after intervention with Auriculotherapy. This is a convenience sample study composed of forty students from the initial periods of the bachelor's degree in Physiotherapy at the Centro Universitário Santo Agostinho. Four atrial acupuncture interventions were performed with metal spheres applied at the shenmen, heart, adrenal, and neurasthenia sites. Sleep quality was assessed using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). For statistical analysis, the SPSS program was used in version 20.0. It was found that auriculotherapy was statistically effective in improving the sleep quality (p <0.001) of the students when compared to the initial evaluation, in addition to that it improved significantly (p <0.05) six of the seven components of the PSQI. Ear acupuncture with metallic spheres improved the sleep quality of college students, suggesting that therapy may have positive effects on sleep in these subjects.
