Auricular stimulation vs. expressive writing for exam anxiety in medical students - A randomized crossover investigation.

Taras I UsichenkoAnna WenzelCatharina KlausenitzAstrid PetersmannThomas HesseNicola NeumannKlaus Hahnenkamp

Published in: PloS one (2020)

Auricular stimulation, but not expressive writing, reduced exam anxiety and improved quality of sleep in medical students. These changes might be due to reduced activity of the sympathetic nervous system.

Keyphrases

medical students
sleep quality
physical activity
depressive symptoms
open label
quality improvement
randomized controlled trial
placebo controlled