Efetividade da aurículoterapia na dor e funcionalidade de mulheres com dor pélvica crônica

Abstract

Treatments for chronic pain are a refractory effect being a source of frustration for women. The therapies are current alternatives, but with scarce studies using auriculotherapy as a complementary treatment in this condition and aiming at a functionality. The objective of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of the auriculoterapia, and treatment to complement, to reduction of dore are functional in women with the chronic pelvic. METHODS: Clinical trial, open with a non-probabilistic sample for convenience, with pre and post intervention evaluation, including 27 women aged 18 to 45 years with chronic pelvic or non-endometriosis. The treatment with auriculoterapia lasts 6 weeks, with 5 applications, 1x / week and pause of 1 week; with three moments of pain assessment (through the Scale Characterizing Presence and Severity of Waiver and Scale Characterizing the Presence and Severity of Dysmenorrhea) and functionality (through the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule-WHODAS 2.0 questionnaire), performed by independent appraiser. RESULTS: As the critique of the moment, it was demotivated and functionally significant (p = 0.004, 0.01 and 0.01 respectively) during the research segment, being inconclusive for dyspareunia. CONCLUSIONS: Auriculotherapy was considered beneficial, low cost and effective in reducing pain (pelvic, dysmenorrhoea, minor dyspareunia) and functional improvement of women with chronic pain. New studies considering complaints are lumbar and in the legs, besides better quantification of the data, avoiding the lack of control of the results of the results, must be realized. CAAE 92096318.5.0000.5050