PREPARATION AND VALIDATION OF AN AURICULAR ACUPUNCTURE POINT PROTOCOL FOR HEADACHES
Autor: | Kaue Batista Andrade, Carolina Amaral Oliveira Rodrigues, Vitória Cristina Ferreira Souza, Wesley Silva Teixeira, Ricardo Otávio Maia Gusmão, Caroline de Castro Moura, Diego Dias de Araújo |
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Jazyk: | English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />Portuguese |
Rok vydání: | 2024 |
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Zdroj: | Cogitare Enfermagem, Vol 29 (2024) |
Druh dokumentu: | article |
ISSN: | 1414-8536 2176-9133 |
DOI: | 10.1590/ce.v29i0.95201 |
Popis: | Objective: To develop and validate the content of an auricular acupuncture point protocol for the treatment of headaches. Method: A methodological study, carried out in June 2023 in Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil. It was structured in three stages: Planning (bibliographic survey and identification of the study variables); Construction of the instruments (characterization of the experts, point protocol and treatment regime); and Content validation in charge of 15 experts. In the data analysis, an absolute agreement percentage equal to or greater than 80% was used. Results: The auricular acupuncture protocol for the treatment of headaches that was validated by experts consisted of the following points: “Door of the Mind” (93.3%), Kidney (86.7%), Sympathetic (86.7%), Anxiety (86.7%), Subcortex (86.7%), Brainstem (86.7%), Frontal (86.7%), Occipital (86.7%), Temporal (86.7%) and Liver (80%). Conclusion: the auricular acupuncture protocol for the treatment of headaches was considered valid, which will allow its use in the clinical practice and research studies. |
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