"Effect of Emotional Freedom Technique "

Infertility Clinical Trial

— (EFT)  

Official title:

"Effect of Emotional Freedom Technique Application on Infertility Stress in Women"

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05358392
• Other study ID #: Etlik SagBakHizm
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: May 1, 2022
• Est. completion date: May 15, 2023

Study information

• Verified date: March 2024
• Source: Etlik Zubeyde Hanim Women's Health Care, Training and Research Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study will be conducted to investigate the effect of Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) Application on infertility stress in women undergoing infertility treatment.

Description:

Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) is an easy-to-apply therapy, one of the types of energy psychotherapy. EFT gives effective and successful results in clinical problems.

Personal energy level and balance are very important, as Gary Craig, the inventor of the technique, stated, "The cause of all negative emotions is due to the disorder in the body's energy system." Because any disruption or blockage in the energy flow brings with it physical and psychological disorders. For this reason, first of all, the negative emotion that causes the negative situation should be eliminated. When the energy flow in the meridians is balanced, the emotional intensity or negative/negative emotion also disappears. Thus, the person starts to feel good.

In energy psychology applications, while the individual is in a relaxed and relaxed state, the electrical energy flow in the meridian system is also comfortable and regular. Emotional reactions such as anger, sadness, stress, disappointment create sudden obstacles in this flow. By focusing on the emotional reactions that hinder the individual, the stimulations on the meridian system (often by touch) regulate the energy flow and provide the individual to relax. The fact that the flow in the meridian system is not interrupted provides relief in the mind, body and emotion areas of the individual.

EFT works on the cognitive and energetic levels. While it is ensured that the individual is conscious and aware of a disturbing symptom or disorder, selected acupuncture points are touched at the same time, creating a cognitive transition and energetic release. EFT is applied safely for stress management.

It can be safely applied to individuals of all ages, including the elderly, pregnant and children. EFT was applied in 51 studies, 18 of which were randomized controlled and positive results were obtained with clinical measurements.

With EFT, the energy flow can be regulated safely and consciously, contributing to the individual's "better" feeling. Positive results in past applications reveal the reliability of the method. Since the application procedure is easy, the application areas are versatile and it does not show side effects, it is recommended that EFT be widespread in different clinical areas and evidence-based studies should be increased.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 69
• Est. completion date: May 15, 2023
• Est. primary completion date: May 15, 2023
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 18 Years to 40 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:(For the intervention and control group):

• Women who have applied to the IVF clinic for primary infertility treatment,

• in the initial stage of IVF/ICSI treatment,

• literate in Turkish,

• have no chronic disease,

• have no diagnosed psychiatric disease,

• between the ages of 18-40,

• agree to participate in the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Women with a diagnosis of secondary infertility who do not meet the conditions for inclusion in the study (for the intervention and control group),

• Women want to leave the study (for the intervention group) before the implementation phases are completed.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Emotions
• Infertility
• Stress

Intervention

Other:
• emotional freedom technique (EFT)
EFT is an energy psychotherapy derivative application, consisting of cognitive and somatic components, used to heal personal negative emotions and related emotional and physical disorders. Stress hormones are secreted in response to the stress response in the person, and then the amygdala and other cerebral parts that respond to stress are activated. There are basic steps to be followed in EFT application; By giving a message to the emotional body (subconscious) with suggestion sentences, clicks are made on the twelve energy meridian endpoints (acupressure points).

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	Gonca Karatas Baran	Ankara	Eyalet/Yerleske

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Etlik Zubeyde Hanim Women's Health Care, Training and Research Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	INFERTILITY STRESS SCALE score	This scale, which will be applied to evaluate the stress experienced by infertile women.The scale has three sub-dimensions related to "personal", "marriage" and "social" fields and consists of 14 items in total.	change from baseline infertility stress scale score ( approximately 15 days later infertility treatment)
Secondary	Subjective Level of Discomfort	It is the subjective rating of discomfort felt by the patient. Before starting the application in energy therapies, it is requested to evaluate the severity of the discomfort caused by the problem on a graded measurement called Subjective Units of Disturbance-SUD, which was used by Wolpe before. During this subjective evaluation, the client considers the discomfort he feels as 10 unbearable discomfort, 0 no discomfort, and scores it on a scale of 0-10. By means of this scoring, the severity of the discomfort felt by the individual at that moment is determined.	1,2,3,4,5. times EFT intervention (First 15 days of infertility treatment)
Secondary	pregnancy status (positive or negativity according to BHCG value)	BHCG value evaluation in the blood (routinely applied in those who have infertility treatment)	30 days later of infertility treatment