EFT and Music on Psychological Development, Well-Being Status and Cortisol Level in Pregnant Women

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

159 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2020-06-01

Study Completion Date

2021-10-06

Brief Summary

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Emotional freedom technique and music were applied to pregnant women who experienced prenatal loss. Emotional freedom technique group, music group and control groups each consisted of 53 pregnant women.

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Detailed Description

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Aim: The research is conducted to determine for the purpose of the effect of emotional freedom technique and music applied to pregnant women having experienced prenatal loss on psychological development, well-being status, and cortisol level.

Material and Method: The research is conducted in a randomized controlled manner with a total of 159 pregnant women who applied to the gynecology outpatient clinics of Elazig Fethi Sekin City Hospital between October 2020 and April 2021 (53 EFT, 53 music, 53 control). In the research, EFT was applied to the pregnant women in the EFT group twice, with an interval of one week; pregnant women in the music group were listened to music twice, with a one-week interval. Pregnant women continued the attempts for one week after the first attempt. SUDS, SUE Scale, PTGI, WHO-5 WellBeing Index were used to collect data, and a saliva sample was taken.

Conditions

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Pregnancy Loss Anxiety

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Emotional freedom technique group

Emotional freedom technique group pregnant women who have experienced prenatal loss, who were included in the emotional freedom technique group with randomization method, will be given a counseling program including psychosocial care and emotional freedom technique application in addition to the routine.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Emotional Freedom Technique

Intervention Type OTHER

EFT was applied to pregnant women with a history of prenatal loss twice, one week apart, by the researcher. Between the two treatments, they were given personalized homework (on waking up in the morning and before going to sleep at night) for self-administration.

Music group

Music group pregnant women who have experienced prenatal loss, who were included in the music group with randomization method, will be given a counseling program including music application in addition to the routine.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Music

Intervention Type OTHER

Music practice was applied to the pregnant women with a history of prenatal loss twice, one week apart, by the researcher. For one week after the first application, the music application was applied by the pregnant woman once a day/for 30 minutes, and the researcher was reminded by phone message.

Control

control group standard care group

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Emotional Freedom Technique

EFT was applied to pregnant women with a history of prenatal loss twice, one week apart, by the researcher. Between the two treatments, they were given personalized homework (on waking up in the morning and before going to sleep at night) for self-administration.

Intervention Type OTHER

Music

Music practice was applied to the pregnant women with a history of prenatal loss twice, one week apart, by the researcher. For one week after the first application, the music application was applied by the pregnant woman once a day/for 30 minutes, and the researcher was reminded by phone message.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Anxiety level is 1 and above when measured with the subjective discomfort unit scale (Appendix 3),
2. 18 years old and over,
3. There are no conditions such as infection, wound, scar in the tapping areas,
4. All pregnant women who did not have any health problems (such as preeclampsia, diabetes, heart disease, placenta previa, oligohydramnios, fetal anomaly) during pregnancy and baby were included in the sample.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Having any problem that prevents communication (such as not knowing Turkish, having hearing, speaking and understanding abilities),
2. Contaminated salivary cortisol,
3. Those with psychiatric health problems according to their medical records were excluded from the study.

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

49 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes