Effectiveness of emotional freedom techniques tapping on anxiety among women undergoing obstetrics and gynecological surgeries

Completed

• Conditions: Women admited in hospital to undergo obstetrical and gynaecological surgeries with selected conditions obstructed labour,cefalo pelvic disproportions,uterine fibroids and uterine prolapse

• Registration Number: CTRI/2015/07/005959
• Lead Sponsor: Rosa M T

Brief Summary

Emotional Freedom Techniques tapping is a used to reduce the anxieties of women before surgery of the sensitive  genito urinary tract. Anxiety will be checked with Hamilton’s anxiety rating scale and the severity of the symptoms will be assessed .Immediate  intervention will be given for   reduction of anxiety and improvement of surgical nursing outcome.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2015-11-15
• Last Update Posted: 2017-03-02

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

• 1.Women undergoing obstetrics and gynecological surgeries under spinal and general anesthesia.
• 2.Women with moderate to severe pre-interventional anxiety.

Exclusion Criteria

1.Women with mild anxiety 2.Women practicing alternate relaxation therapies 3.Women on regular anxiolytic drugs.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Reduce Anxiety	10 minutes

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Better Surgical outcome	48 hours

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Father Muller Medical College Hospital; 🇮🇳 Kannada, KARNATAKA, India

Father Muller Medical College Hospital

🇮🇳Kannada, KARNATAKA, India

Ms Darryl MS Aranha

Principal investigator

9481346802

aranhadarryl@gmail.com