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

Fatigue Clinical Trial

Official title:

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

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT06440109
• Other study ID #: A-TURAN-001
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: May 30, 2024
• Est. completion date: September 30, 2024

Study information

• Verified date: May 2024
• Source: KTO Karatay University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial 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. The research will be conducted between November 2023 and November 2024 with women who gave birth normally and are registered at Karakulak Family Health Center in Konya. 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. A pilot study was conducted with 15 people to calculate the sample size. The number of samples was determined as 60 by post hoct analysis in the G*Power 3.1.9.4 program, in line with the pilot study results. Data will be collected with the Personal Information Form, Brief Mood Introspection Scale, Visual Similarity Scale for Fatigue, and Unit of Subjective Experience (SUE). The analysis of the data obtained from the research will be carried out in the Social Sciences Statistical Package (SPSS) 25.0 package program. The critical significance value will be taken as 0.05. Therapeutic touch and EFT interventions are thought to be methods that can be used to improve women's health because they are easy to apply, have no side effects, and are non-drug practices that midwives/nurses can apply independently.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Enrollment: 60
• Est. completion date: September 30, 2024
• Est. primary completion date: September 30, 2024
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 18 Years to 60 Years

Eligibility

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.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Emotion Regulation
• Fatigue

Intervention

Other:
• Emotional freedom technique (EFT)
Intervention groups will be followed for six months and one of the six EFT therapies will be applied, one session every week.
• Therapeutic touch (TD)
Intervention groups will be followed for six months and one of the six TD therapies will be applied, one session every week.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
KTO Karatay University

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Postpartum 3rd-5th. EFT intervention will be applied to women who are between	SUE scale and vital signs will be taken from the participants before and after each session.	six weeks
Primary	Postpartum 3rd-5th. TD intervention will be applied to women who are between	SUE scale and vital signs will be taken from the participants before and after each session.	six weeks
Primary	3rd-5th postpartum Pre- and post-test will be given to women between	The researcher will not perform any intervention on women in this group. After the pre-tests are completed, women in this group will be called by phone during the interview weeks for the intervention group, their postpartum needs will be questioned and support will be provided when necessary. The implementation of the final tests will be completed in the sixth week.	six weeks