Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) Applied to Postmenopausal Women on Sleep and Quality of Life
NCT ID: NCT06578715
Last Updated: 2024-10-02
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Basic Information
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NOT_YET_RECRUITING
NA
80 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2024-10-01
2024-11-01
Brief Summary
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It will be conducted with 80 women between the ages of 45-64, registered in a family health center in a city in the east of Turkey, who have been in menopause for at least one year and volunteer to participate in the study.
EFT will be applied to the women to be included in the experimental group in the study once a week, a total of four times in a month.
The "Participant Information Form", "Utian Quality of Life Scale" and "Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Scale" prepared by the researchers in line with the literature information will be used in the collection of research data.
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Detailed Description
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It will be conducted with 80 women between the ages of 45-64, registered in a family health center in a city in the east of Turkey, who have been in menopause for at least one year and volunteered to participate in the study.
The "simple randomization method" will be selected as the randomization method in the study in order to provide an equal number of samples in two groups. A random number table will be created in a computer environment using the httpp://www.randomizer.org/website for the 80 participants to be sampled, with numbers from 1 to 80 in two groups. It will be decided by tossing a coin to determine which group the groups should be in. The names on the list will be evaluated according to the group corresponding to that order in the table, and accordingly, 40 women will be assigned to the experimental group and 40 women will be assigned to the control group.
EFT will be applied to the women to be included in the experimental group in the study once a week, a total of four times in a month.
When the research is completed, the data of the experimental and control groups (coded as X and Y) will be transferred to the computer environment by a statistician independent of the research and the data will be analyzed and the findings will be reported. Our research is planned to be conducted as a single-blind study in which the statistician will be blinded.
The "Participant Information Form", "Utian Quality of Life Scale" and "Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Scale" prepared by the researchers in line with the literature information will be used in the collection of research data.
Pre-Test Data will be collected between September-October 2024, the interim measurement after the EFT intervention will be made between October-November 2024, and the final measurement will be made between November-December 2024.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
SINGLE
Study Groups
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Control Group
no intervention will be applied to the control group
No interventions assigned to this group
Experimental Group
EFT will be applied to the women to be included in the experimental group in the study once a week, a total of four times in a month.
Emotional Freedom Technique
EFT basically involves serial tapping on acupuncture points, no needles are used, there is no invasive procedure, there are affirmation suggestions, it is an easy, painless, simple but effective method that can be done in minutes. It is realized by applying kinetic energy to certain meridians on the head and chest with the fingertips. The points where the tapping is done are the end points of the meridians in the body. They are located symmetrically on both sides of the body. Since these points are close to the skin surface, they are points that are more easily reached than the deeper buried parts of the meridians. While applying pressure with the fingertips, the individual needs to focus on the problem that bothers him/her. Another thing that needs to be done at the same time is for the person to make positive suggestions to himself/herself vocally.
Interventions
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Emotional Freedom Technique
EFT basically involves serial tapping on acupuncture points, no needles are used, there is no invasive procedure, there are affirmation suggestions, it is an easy, painless, simple but effective method that can be done in minutes. It is realized by applying kinetic energy to certain meridians on the head and chest with the fingertips. The points where the tapping is done are the end points of the meridians in the body. They are located symmetrically on both sides of the body. Since these points are close to the skin surface, they are points that are more easily reached than the deeper buried parts of the meridians. While applying pressure with the fingertips, the individual needs to focus on the problem that bothers him/her. Another thing that needs to be done at the same time is for the person to make positive suggestions to himself/herself vocally.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Being able to read and write in Turkish,
* Women between the ages of 45-64 who have not had menstrual bleeding for at least one year (women under the age of 65 who have entered natural menopause),
* Not being diagnosed with a psychiatric disease,
* Not using Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT),
* Not using antidepressants, antihistamines, benzodiazepines, hypnotics and narcotics, etc.,
* Not using any complementary and alternative medicine (such as Reiki, phytoestrogens, acupressure).
* Scoring '5 and above' on the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Scale
Exclusion Criteria
* Starting to use antidepressants, antihistamines, benzodiazepines, hypnotics and narcotics, etc.,
* Starting to use any complementary and alternative medicine method,
* Voluntarily leaving the study.
45 Years
64 Years
FEMALE
Yes
Sponsors
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Ataturk University
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Aslı SİS ÇELİK
Associate Professor
Principal Investigators
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Aslı SİS ÇELİK
Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
Ataturk University
Central Contacts
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Other Identifiers
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aslı12
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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