Introduction: Depression encompasses biopsychosocial imbalances and is potentiated
by stressful events. The progression of this, restricting quality of life through the
exacerbation of negative symptoms and escape and avoidance behavior. Among the
treatment approaches, acupuncture has proven effective for therapeutic success
Objective: Application of the acupuncture technique in patients with depression
disorder as an intervention proposal to sensitize municipal managers regarding the
implementation of the mental health service in the municipality of Castanhal, Pará.
Method: This was a quasi-experimental study with a quanti-qualitative approach,
without a control group, with 17 participants. The data collection used a
sociodemographic questionnaire, acupuncture form, Hamilton Scale, SF-12 Quality of
Life questionnaire and field diary, the latter categorized into three domains, "quality of
sleep", "quality of life" and "anxiety". Nine sessions were performed with a maximum
use of 20 needles in each session. The data obtained were analyzed by descriptive
statistics with the aid of SPSS software, using the chi-square test and the Student's t-test.
Results: The majority of participants were female, in the age range 31 to 40 years,
married, high school education, no fixed income, practice evangelism, perform
household labor activities, have no children, smoker, sedentary, with unstable
relationship in childhood and sexual abuse. The results showed improvement in the
signs and symptoms associated with depression with a reduction in the Hamilton score
from 19.3 ± 3.77 to 13.13 ± 2.43, student's t=5.6830, p=0.001, besides the improvement
in the perception of general health status from the SF-12 from 4.06 ± 1.09 to 1.86 ±
0.83, p=0.001. Conclusion: The intervention with systemic acupuncture showed
effective results in patients with depression, besides reducing complaints of anxiety
crisis, improvement in sleep quality and concentration of the participants.
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