The Effect of Emotional Freedom Technique on Perceived Stress and General Self-Efficacy in Nursing Students

Stress Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effect of Emotional Freedom Technique on Perceived Stress and General Self-Efficacy About Obstetrics and Gynecology Nursing Lesson in Undergraduate Nursing Students With Fear of Birth

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT06323083
• Other study ID #: 006
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: November 7, 2022
• Est. completion date: June 30, 2023

Study information

• Verified date: March 2024
• Source: Selcuk University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The study was conducted to determine the effect of Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) on perceived stress and general self-efficacy in obstetrics and gynecology nursing lesson in undergraduate nursing students with fear of birth. The samples were applied to undergraduate nursing students satisfying the research criteria in a state university nursing faculty in Konya at November 2022.

Description:

The study was designed to be randomly controlled. Block randomization method was used to determine the intervention and control groups. Randomization was done by a biostatistician outside the researcher. 50 nursing students were randomly assigned to the intervention and control groups. The study was carried out in three stages with three EFT applications, applied for approximately 20-30 minutes, at 7-day intervals. In the first stage, students who met the inclusion criteria were identified by interviewing students who thought they had a fear of childbirth. After informed consent was obtained from the students and pretest data were collected, they were randomly assigned to intervention and control groups. EFT application was applied to those in the intervention group. No intervention was made for the control group. Data was collected twice for the intervention group, before the first EFT application (pretest) and after the last EFT application (posttest). The control group was also tested at the first interview and again 3 weeks later. The applications were carried out face to face with the students as a group. For the collection of research data, "Descriptive Information Form", "General Self-Efficacy (GSE) Scale", "Perceived Stress Scale" and "The Subjective Units of Distress (SUD) Scale" were used.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 50
• Est. completion date: June 30, 2023
• Est. primary completion date: November 28, 2022
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 18 Years to 40 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Female students who were taking the Obstetrics and Gynecology Nursing course at the Faculty of Nursing, who volunteered to participate in the study, and who thought they had a fear of childbirth were included in the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Female students who did not take the Obstetrics and Gynecology Nursing course at the Faculty of Nursing, did not volunteer to participate in the study, and did not think they had a fear of childbirth were not included in the study.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Emotion Regulation
• Self Efficacy
• Stress

Intervention

Other:
• Emotional Freedom Technique
Emotional freedom techniques is a psychophysiological intervention that combines psychological methods from traditional therapies with somatic stimulation. EFT involves tapping acupuncture points to desensitize negative emotions by focusing on the emotion.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	Selcuk University	Konya

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Selcuk University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	General Self-Efficacy Scale	The scale consists of 10 items. It is scored between 1-4 and the lowest 10 and the highest 40 points can be obtained.	Change from The General Self-Efficacy Scale at three weeks
Primary	Perceived Stress Scale	The scale consists of 14 items. It is scored between 0-4 and the lowest 0 and the highest 56 points can be obtained.	Change from The Perceived Stress Scale at three weeks
Primary	The Subjective Units of Distress Scale	It is an 11-point scale commonly used as a subjective verbal rating of discomfort, where 0 indicates absence of discomfort and 10 indicates that it is intolerable.	Change from The Subjective Units of Distress Scale at three weeks