The Effect of Therapeutic Touch and Emotional Freedom Technique on Postpartum Mood and Fatigue in Postpartum Women

NCT ID: NCT06440109

Last Updated: 2025-09-12

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 60 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2024-10-01
• Study Completion Date: 2025-06-10

Brief Summary

Therapeutic touch (TD) is a non-pharmacological/integrated treatment method used to balance the body by regulating the imbalanced energy field in the individual or resolving blockages in energy flow. Emotional freedom technique (EFT) is a psychophysiological intervention that combines elements of somatic stimulation using acupuncture points. This research will be conducted as a randomized controlled experimental study to determine the effect of TD and EFT intervention on postpartum mood and fatigue in postpartum women. This study is planned to be conducted between April 2024 and June 2025 with postpartum women who meet the inclusion criteria and who apply to the Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinic of Necmettin Erbakan University Faculty of Medicine Hospital. This research; It was planned to be carried out with three groups: TD intervention, EFT intervention and control group. The population of the research consists of women who gave birth vaginally and those who gave birth vaginally in the relevant hospital.

Conditions

Fatigue; Emotion Regulation

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

EFT intervention

The application will be carried out in line with EFT application protocols. In this regard, women's home visits will be completed with 6 meetings, once every week. Each EFT session will last 15 minutes

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Emotional freedom technique (EFT)

Intervention Type: OTHER

İntervention groups will be followed for six months and one of the six EFT therapies will be applied, one session every week.

TD intervention

The application will be carried out in line with TD application protocols. In this regard, women's home visits will be completed with 6 meetings, once every week. Each TD session will last 15 minutes

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Therapeutic touch (TD)

Intervention Type: OTHER

İntervention groups will be followed for six weeks and one of the six TD therapies will be applied, one session every week.

Control grup

No intervention will be made. Women in the intervention groups will be followed for 6 weeks and receive standard care. The final test will be administered at the end of the sixth week

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Emotional freedom technique (EFT)

İntervention groups will be followed for six months and one of the six EFT therapies will be applied, one session every week.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Therapeutic touch (TD)

İntervention groups will be followed for six weeks and one of the six TD therapies will be applied, one session every week.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Having a vaginal birth at term
• Being primiparous
• Postpartum 3rd-5th. to be in the days
• Being able to speak and understand Turkish
• Being 18 years or older
• Having a single and viable fetus
• Volunteering to participate in research
• Not having experienced TD or EFT treatment before

Exclusion Criteria

• A psychiatric diagnosis has been made,
• Having a chronic systemic disease,
• The newborn's need for treatment
• Having postpartum complications in the mother or baby
• Those who have sensitivity or problems with touch,
• Wounds, infections, etc. in places that need to be touched. existence of situations,
• Women who have any disability that would prevent communication (deafness, hearing impairment, etc., use of languages other than Turkish) will be excluded from the research.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 60 Years
• Eligible Sex: FEMALE
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

KTO Karatay University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Aslıhan Turan, PhD (c)

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

KTO Karatay University

Locations

KTO Karatay University

Karatay, Konya, Turkey (Türkiye)

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Other Identifiers

A-TURAN-001

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id