The Effect of Emotional Freedom Technique Applied to Primigravidas on Fear of Childbirth, Memory of Childbirth and Postpartum Security Sense: A Randomised Controlled Study
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 68
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- EFT Intervention
研究概览
简要总结
Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), also known as "Tapping Therapy" and "Needleless Acupuncture", is a new and emerging complementary and energy-based therapy. It is a psychophysiological intervention combining cognitive behavioural therapy, exposure therapy and physical stimulation using acupressure points. This research will be conducted to evaluate the effect of emotional liberation technique applied to primigravidas on fear of childbirth, birth memory and postpartum feelings of safety. The research will be conducted between January 2025 and October 2025 in Konya Necmettin Erbakan University Faculty of Medicine Hospital, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Pregnant Outpatient Clinic with primiparous women planning vaginal delivery. This research is planned to be conducted with two groups, EFT intervention and control group. The population of the study consisted of pregnant women who applied to the pregnancy outpatient clinic of a university hospital located in the city centre of Konya province and were evaluated for eligibility.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Supportive Care
- 盲法
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 49 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- Female
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Primary education level or higher
- •Able to speak, understand and write Turkish,
- •18 years of age or older,
- •Residing in Konya province,
- •No disability for vaginal delivery,
- •Primigravida,
- •Anxiety level of 1 or higher when measured with the subjective discomfort unit scale,
- •Pregnant women who are at 32 weeks of gestation or above according to the last menstrual date or according to calculations made with USG data for pregnant women who do not know the last menstrual date.
排除标准
- •Pregnant individuals with high-risk pregnancies,
- •Those who have undergone infertility treatment,
- •Those with any fetal health problems,
- •Those with physical or mental illnesses,
- •Those with a cesarean section indication or who plan to deliver via cesarean section,
- •Those with chronic and/or psychiatric health issues and those who have participated in any childbirth preparation education were excluded from the study.
结局指标
主要结局
EFT Intervention
时间窗: 4 weeks
Women with a gestational age of 32 and above will be administered the Subjective Experience Unit scale before and after the intervention. The Subjective Experience Unit scale was developed by Hartmann with the "Events Psychology" approach in order to measure the energy flow in the energy body. This scale is used to determine the emotional intensity of the person at the beginning and at the end of the EFT session. In this scale, scoring is made between -10 and +10. -10 is the greatest pain, disappointment, fear, stress, sadness or discomfort imaginable, while +10 is the highest level of joy, happiness or feeling great. The final tests will be administered in the postnatal period. In the postnatal period, Wijma Birth Anticipation/Experience Scale, Birth Memory and Recall Scale, Postnatal Feelings of Security Scale and Postnatal Interview Form were completed.
Control grup
时间窗: 4 week
Pregnant women in the control group will be called once a week and asked to score the SUE scale and recorded, and 1 hour later, they will be asked to score the SUE scale again without any intervention. Final tests will be administered in the postnatal period.
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Merve Yazar
Lecturer, PhD (c)
KTO Karatay University