Uso da auriculoterapia em idosos com dor crônica: revisão integrativa

Abstract

Aging is a natural process of life. At this stage specific biopsychossocial changes occur and vary from individual to individual, which can be influenced by everyday life. With increase in the elderly population, it grew, the demand for health services, having as main reason for this demand to the pain. Tem objetivo of this study was to evaluate the scientific productions analyze in the literature about the use of auriculotherapy in the elderly with chronic pain. It is an Integrative Revision, which allows the analysis and synthesis of the content produced on a studied subject. Six databases were used to select the articles, Cinahl, PubMed, Cochrane, BVS, Web of Science, Scopus. The sample consisted of five articles in the English language. According to the studies selected for this review, it was noticed that all elderly patients who underwent the treatment of auricular and / or auricular acupuncture achieved improvements in their chronic pain condition, with negligible side effects. The study indicated limitations on the number of scientific works that deal with the use of the auriculotherapy in elderly patients with chronic pain. Demonstrating that it is very important that health professionals develop clinical trials to address this issue, to occur updates on evidence-based research, leading to new approaches to population complementary and integrative practices, always seeking the human being holistically.