Manejo do estresse: um estudo da movimentação consciente do corpo

Abstract

This thesis aims to identify, describe and analyze the stress process in multiprofessional residents of the health area of a school hospital located in Goiânia, Goiás and evaluate the effects of the Body Conscious Movement (MCC) in its stress management. MCC is understood to be a technique of body oriented psychotherapy that is based on Reichian theory and on the theory of body movement groups, which favor the accomplishment of clinical empirical studies. This research was registered and approved in the Research Ethics Committee of Hospital das Clínicas, Federal University of Goiás, under number 100/2010. This thesis, is structured in two bibliographical reviews, one with the methodology of a systematic review and another one integrative of the literature, and in two empirical studies. The journals, magazines and websites related to theories, books, annals of congresses and reports of experiences, were used for the reviews. The first empirical study was attended by 39 residents and the statistical analyzes performed were descriptive, Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis. In the second empirical study seven residents participated and it was developed in two moments before and after MCC intervention, which occurred in 13 twohour weekly sessions. In the first study it was possible to detect that the residents presented significant stress levels to deal with adverse situations during the Multiprofessional Health Residency Program, which is in the resistance phase. In the second empirical study, it was found that there was a statistically significant improvement in relation to psychic stress, psychosomatic disorders and general health in its entirety.