Psychometric evaluation of a radio electric auricular treatment for stress related disorders: A double-blinded, placebo-controlled controlled pilot study

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 8, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Rinaldi, Salvatore ^a,b   Fontani, Vania ^b   Aravagli, Lucia ^b   Mannu, Piero ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Rinaldi Fontani Institute   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AURICULAR REFLEX THERAPY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE THERAPY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL STRESS MEASURE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOELECTRIC STIMULATOR; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; EXTERNAL EAR; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SELF EVALUATION;

DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EAR AURICLE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77956081355     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-8-31     Document Type: Article

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