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- Clinical Trial NCT03093571
Auricular Stimulation vs. Relaxation for Pre-exam Anxiety (AAvsPMR)
Auricular Acupuncture vs. Progressive Muscle Relaxation in Treatment of Pre-exam Anxiety - Randomised Crossover Study in Medical Students
Title of the study: Auricular acupuncture (AA) vs. progressive muscle relaxation for pre-exam anxiety - a randomised crossover study
Study period: 04 / 2015 - 07 / 2015
Principal Investigator: PD Dr. T. Usichenko Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, University Medicine of Greifswald
Aim of the study: To investigate the anxiolytic effect of AA vs. progressive muscle relaxation 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. Progressive muscle relaxation
Number of volunteers: N = 30
Healthy medical students at the University of Greifswald Participants of the oral anatomy exams in spring/summer 2015 Without previous anxiolytic, sedative and analgesic medication No pregnancy or lactating Informed consent
Outcome measures: Anxiety level Heart rate, blood pressure Salivary α-amylase
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Study Type
Enrollment (Actual)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Medical students at the University of Greifswald
- Going to take part in oral exams of human anatomy
- Participants without previous anxiolytic medication
- Ability to understand and perform PMR
- Written informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- Recidivist alcoholics
- Local auricular skin infection
- Pregnant or lactating women
- 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)
- Participants who are unable to understand the consent form
- History of psychiatric disease
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Treatment
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Crossover Assignment
- Masking: Triple
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
---|---|
Experimental: Auricular stimulation
Auricular stimulation using indwelling auricular acupuncture needles
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Auricular stimulation with indwelling fixed needles
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Experimental: Muscle relaxation
Progressive muscle relaxation according to Jacobsen
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Progressive muscle relaxation
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No Intervention: No intervention
No intervention, just monitoring of outcome parameters
|
What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
---|---|---|
Intensity of anxiety
Time Frame: 2 days
|
State-trait-anxiety-inventory
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2 days
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
---|---|---|
Salivary alpha-amylase
Time Frame: 1 day
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Enzymatic activity of salivary alpha-amylase
|
1 day
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heart rate
Time Frame: 1 day
|
heart rate
|
1 day
|
blood pressure
Time Frame: 1 day
|
blood pressure
|
1 day
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Catharina Klausenitz, MD. PhD, University Medicine of Greifswald
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start (Actual)
Primary Completion (Actual)
Study Completion (Actual)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (Actual)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Actual)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- BB 041/15
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
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