Emotional Freedom Liberation Technique, Surgical Fear and Anxiety

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Emotional Distress
• Interventions: Behavioral: Emotional Freedom Liberation Technique

• Registration Number: NCT05359458
• Lead Sponsor: Ataturk University

Brief Summary

Aim: In this study, the effect of Emotional Freedom Technique applied to patients before Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy on surgical fear and anxiety was investigated.

Design: This is a randomized controlled study. Method: A total of 112 patients who were going to have Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy were randomly divided into two groups each including 56 participants. The intervention group was provided with Emotional Freedom Technique. The control group received routine face-to-face education. Surgical fear and anxiety were examined.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-08-01
• Primary Completion: 2022-01-01
• Study Completion: 2022-01-30
• Status Verified: 2022-04
• Study First Submitted: 2022-04-11
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-04-29
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-04-29
• Study First Posted: 2022-05-03
• Last Update Posted: 2022-05-03

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 112

Inclusion Criteria

• Clinical treatment for Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
• 18 years of age or older
• Mentally healthy

Exclusion Criteria

• Agree to participate in the study

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Emotional Freedom Liberation Technique Applied to Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Patients	Emotional Freedom Liberation Technique	The intervention group is the group in which the investigators applied Emotional Freedom Liberation Technique Intervention: Behavioral: Emotional Freedom Liberation Technique

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Surgical Fear Scale	through study completion, an average of 5 month	Surgical Fear Scale will be filled in the preoperative period. ll items are scored on an eleven point numeric rating scale (NRS) ranging from 0 (not at all afraid) to 10 (very afraid). This results in a score of 0-40 for each subscale and a total score of 0 to 80.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Anxiety Scale	through study completion, an average of 5 month	Anxiety scale will be filled in the preoperative period. The scale consists of 10 statements that include the fears that patients may experience about the surgery. The maximum score that can be obtained from the scale is 50. High scores in scale scoring reflect concerns about pain, death during surgery, and postoperative complications and limitations.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Ataturk University; 🇹🇷 Erzurum, ABD Veya Kanada'da Lütfen Seçin ..., Turkey