Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) Effect on Nurses

NCT ID: NCT04910516

Last Updated: 2021-06-02

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: UNKNOWN
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 88 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2021-04-10
• Study Completion Date: 2021-07-01

Brief Summary

It has been planned to determine the effect of EFT, which effectiveness has been determined by the studies, on the covid-19 fear and anxiety experienced by the nurses working in the emergency department. The study was designed as a randomized controlled study with pre-test and post-test control group.

Detailed Description

Although it has been a year since WHO declared an emergency, the covid-19 virus has mutated and the number of cases has started to increase again as of February 2021. The emergence of uncertainties in the risk of transmission of the mutant virus together with the simultaneous management of both the care process of pandemic patients and the patients who apply for emergency care and treatment in the emergency services increases the fear of the virus. The feeling of fear causes the person to become distracted and increase anxiety by focusing on the fact that he or she is under the threat of the virus. Recently, non-pharmacological techniques are widely used to reduce anxiety and fear. One of them is EFT. It is to examine the effects of EFT, which effectiveness has been determined with the studies carried out in this challenging process, on the covid-19 fear and high anxiety of emergency room nurses.

Conditions

Anxiety, Covid-19 Fear

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
• Blinding Strategy: DOUBLE

Study Groups

Control Group

The nurses in the control group were informed about the purpose of working in a quiet room. STAI-D, STAI-S, SUD, P19-S scales were filled face-to-face by the investigator after their informed consent was obtained. The scales were filled again by the researcher after a break of 7 (seven) days.

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Experiment Group

In order to avoid bias in the intervention applied in our study, the experimental group was started after the control group was finished. The participants were informed about the purpose of working face-to-face in a quiet room so that EFT, which will be applied online for 7 (seven) days by the researcher, can be applied effectively and accurately. STAI-D, STAI-S, SUD, P19-S scales were completed after their consent was obtained. The researcher, who has the EFT certificate, first showed the application steps on himself with the guidance of the EFT guideline, and ensured that the application steps were applied again simultaneously on both himself and the participant. After this application, it was provided to make EFT online for 7 (seven) days. STAI-D, STAI-S, SUD, P19-S scales were filled in after the last EFT application.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT)

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

It combines cognitive therapy, acceptance and stability therapy, and acupuncture point stimulation, and is based on manual stimulation of acupuncture points specific to Shiatsu or other acupressure massage fo

Interventions

Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT)

It combines cognitive therapy, acceptance and stability therapy, and acupuncture point stimulation, and is based on manual stimulation of acupuncture points specific to Shiatsu or other acupressure massage fo

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Not taking any courses about coping with anxiety and stress,
• Volunteering to participate in the study,
• The absence of infection, wound, scar in the tapping area

Exclusion Criteria

• Having any psychiatric diagnoses

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 65 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Marmara University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

gulsah okut

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Marmara University

Istanbul, Kadikoy, Turkey (Türkiye)

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

References

Sun N, Wei L, Shi S, Jiao D, Song R, Ma L, Wang H, Wang C, Wang Z, You Y, Liu S, Wang H. A qualitative study on the psychological experience of caregivers of COVID-19 patients. Am J Infect Control. 2020 Jun;48(6):592-598. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2020.03.018. Epub 2020 Apr 8.

Reference Type: BACKGROUND

PMID: 32334904 (View on PubMed)

Clond M. Emotional Freedom Techniques for Anxiety: A Systematic Review With Meta-analysis. J Nerv Ment Dis. 2016 May;204(5):388-95. doi: 10.1097/NMD.0000000000000483.

Reference Type: BACKGROUND

PMID: 26894319 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

B.10.1.TKH.4.34.H.GP.0.01/120

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id