The effect of Emotional Freedom Technique on fatigue and pai

Not Applicable

Conditions: multiple sclerosis.
Demyelinating diseases of the central nervous system
G35-G37

Registration Number: IRCT20140422017387N6

Lead Sponsor: Esfahan University of Medical Sciences

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Complete

Sex: Female

Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:Women with multiple sclerosis 18 to 50 years old at least 6 months of definite diagnosis of MS
Having fatigue severity score equal to or greater than 4 based on Fatigue severity scale(FSS)
Having a pain score at least 4 for at least 6 months based on the numerical rating scale of pain(NRS)
A score equal to or less than 4.5 on the Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS)
No other illness other than MS is approved by the physician and medical records of the subject
Absence in the menstrual period.
Not Pregnancy
Non-use of other alternative and complementary methods in the last 6 months
Non-drug addiction and psychosis.
No harm and wound in the desired acupuncture points

Exclusion Criteria

Exclusion Criteria:unwillingness to continue to collaborate in research
Use of other complementary therapies such as acupuncture, yoga, meditation during intervention
Absences for more than two consecutive sessions during the study
In case of pregnancy, recurrence of illness or hospitalization in hospital during intervention.
Added new analgesic drug to previous medications

Study & Design

Study Type: interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The fatigue severity score based on Fatigue severity Scale (FSS). Timepoint: Before, immediately and four week after interventions. Method of measurement: Questionnaire of the fatigue severity score for MS Patients(FSS).

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Pain severity based on numerical ratting scale (NRS). Timepoint: Before, immediately and four week after interventions. Method of measurement: based on 10 numerical ratting scale (NRS).