NCT02920164

Auricular Acupuncture for Exam Anxiety in Medical Students

Auricular Acupuncture for Exam Anxiety in Medical Students: A Randomized Crossover Investigation

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 44 (actual)
• Sponsor: University Medicine Greifswald · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 19 Years – 35 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Title of the study: Auricular acupuncture (AA) for pre-exam anxiety: A blinded randomized crossover study on healthy volunteers Study period: 04/2012 - 07/2012 Institution: Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine University Medicine of Greifswald Aim of the study: To investigate the anxiolytic effect of auricular acupuncture (AA) in comparison to placebo acupuncture and no intervention during oral exams in anatomy at the University of Greifswald Design: Prospective blinded randomized crossover trial Intervention: 1. AA using indwelling fixed needles, retained 24 h in situ 2. AA using placebo needles Number of volunteers: N = 40 Outcome measures: Anxiety level, Heart rate, blood pressure.

Conditions

• Anxiety

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Auricular acupuncture	Auricular acupuncture with indwelling permanent needles
DEVICE	Placebo acupuncture	Placebo acupuncture with placebo needles

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-04-01
• Primary completion: 2012-07-01
• Completion: 2012-07-01
• First posted: 2016-09-30
• Last updated: 2016-09-30

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Germany