EFT and Music on Psychological Development, Well-Being Status and Cortisol Level in Pregnant Women — EFT  

Anxiety Clinical Trial

Official title: The Effect of Emotional Freedom Technique and Music, Applied to Pregnant Women Having Experienced Prenatal Loss on Psychological Development, Well-Being Status and Cortisol Levels

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

Emotional freedom technique and music were applied to pregnant women who experienced prenatal loss. Emotional freedom technique group, music group and control groups each consisted of 53 pregnant women.

Clinical Trial Description

Aim: The research is conducted to determine for the purpose of the effect of emotional freedom technique and music applied to pregnant women having experienced prenatal loss on psychological development, well-being status, and cortisol level.

Material and Method: The research is conducted in a randomized controlled manner with a total of 159 pregnant women who applied to the gynecology outpatient clinics of Elazig Fethi Sekin City Hospital between October 2020 and April 2021 (53 EFT, 53 music, 53 control). In the research, EFT was applied to the pregnant women in the EFT group twice, with an interval of one week; pregnant women in the music group were listened to music twice, with a one-week interval. Pregnant women continued the attempts for one week after the first attempt. SUDS, SUE Scale, PTGI, WHO-5 WellBeing Index were used to collect data, and a saliva sample was taken. ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Anxiety
• Pregnancy Loss

• NCT number: NCT05344144
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: June 1, 2020
• Completion date: October 6, 2021