NCT02406755

H-Senses Project - Self Care Mediated by the Senses

H-SENSES PROJECT Self Care Mediated by the Senses: Assessing the Impact on Self-esteem, Stress and Well-being of Female Health Professionals

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 123 (actual)
• Sponsor: Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Randomized clinical trial about self-care mediated by the senses in female health professionals and their influence on stress, self-esteem, mood states, life satisfaction and levels of salivary cortisol.

Detailed description

The work environment of health professionals is commonly considered stressful, given that they need to deal with difficult situations that include pain, risk of death, the decisions that need to be fast and accurate, and conflicts generated in interpersonal relationships. There is an ongoing discussion that the investigators need to care for those who care, however, there are few interventions studied and validated to effectively reduce the stress of these professionals that resonate in states of well-being. There is little room for discussion of this topic during the workday, as well as to learn techniques and measures for effective stress management. This study aims to explore the relationship between well-being, self-esteem and stress of women health professionals, and compare three self-care interventions mediated by the senses.

Conditions

• Stress

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	one-sensory self care (Todo Dia®)	daily use of odorless body moisturizer (Todo Dia® - Natura)
OTHER	multisensory self care (Todo Dia®)	daily use of moisturizing body with cotton fragrance (Todo Dia® - Natura) + audiovisual stimulus
OTHER	bi-sensory self care (Todo Dia®)	daily use of moisturizing body with cotton fragrance (Todo Dia® - Natura)

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-07-01
• Primary completion: 2014-12-01
• Completion: 2015-08-01
• First posted: 2015-04-02
• Last updated: 2015-09-03

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Brazil