Effects of Emotional Freedom Techniques on Pain, Cardiac Anxiety, and Sleep Quality in Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

NCT ID: NCT07120932

Last Updated: 2025-12-09

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

66 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2026-01-15

Study Completion Date

2026-06-15

Brief Summary

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Objective: To determine the effect of Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) on pain, cardiac anxiety and sleep quality in patients undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) surgery.

Materials and Methods: The study will be conducted between 2025 and 2026 as a pretest-posttest, parallel design (1:1) randomized controlled trial. The study population will consist of patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) at the Kütahya City Hospital Cardiovascular Surgery Department. The sample size was determined to be 66 patients, with 33 patients each in the experimental and control groups.

Measurement tools include a Personal Information Form, Visual Analog Scale (VAS), Cardiac Anxiety Scale, and Richard Campbell Sleep Scale. Data will be collected through one-on-one patient interviews.

The researcher has successfully completed a 3.5-hour EFT training program at the Boğaziçi Education Institute. EFT will be administered to the patients by the researcher.

Patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery at the Cardiovascular Surgery Clinic who volunteer to participate in the study and meet the inclusion criteria will complete the Informed Consent Form, Personal Information Form, Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), Cardiac Anxiety Scale, and Richard-Campbell Sleep Scale. Patients will then be assigned to the experimental or control groups by a person other than the researcher based on the randomization list. Patients in the experimental group will receive EFT in addition to standard cardiovascular surgery clinic procedures, while patients in the control group will receive standard cardiovascular surgery clinic procedures. Data analysis will be conducted using SPSS. The study will be conducted in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki.

Findings: The findings of the research will be written after the data to be obtained after the implementation of the research and data collection will be analyzed in the SPSS program.

Conclusion: The results of the research will be written by determining the findings after analyzing the data to be obtained after the implementation of the research and data collection in the SPSS program.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) Effects of Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT)

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT)

Effects of Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT)

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Effects of Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Effects of Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT)

Control arm

Standard care will continue without intervention.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Effects of Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT)

Effects of Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* 18 years of age or older,
* 3 days postoperatively after coronary artery bypass graft surgery,
* literate,
* conscious and able to communicate will be included.

Exclusion Criteria

* Patients with speech, hearing, or visual impairments
* Patients who do not believe in the effectiveness of the procedure due to prejudice will not be included.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Hatice Balcı

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Hatice Balcı

PhD

Responsibility Role SPONSOR_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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KTO Karatay University

Konya, Karatay, Turkey (Türkiye)

Site Status

Countries

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Turkey (Türkiye)

Central Contacts

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Hatice BALCI, PhD

Role: CONTACT

+905433810224

Facility Contacts

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Hatice BALCI, PhD

Role: primary

+905433810224

Other Identifiers

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EcemTEZ

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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