The Effect of Emotional Freedom Technique on Premenstrual Syndrome
- Conditions
- Premenstrual SyndromeNursing CariesEmotional Freedom Technique
- Interventions
- Other: The Emotional Freedom Technique
- Registration Number
- NCT06557070
- Lead Sponsor
- Dokuz Eylul University
- Brief Summary
Introduction: Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) is a condition that occurs in the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle and affects women's lives physically, psychologically and behaviorally, starting approximately five days before menstruation and decreasing spontaneously a few days later.
Purpose: This research is planned to examine the effect of the Emotional Freedom Technique on the experience of premenstrual syndrome and menstrual symptoms and the quality of life of nursing students with premenstrual syndrome.
Method: The research will be conducted with first, second, third and fourth year female students studying at Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Nursing. Diagnostic information form, premenstrual syndrome scale, menstruation symptom scale, SF-12 quality of life scale and subjective danger units will be collected via Google form. SUD Scale will be applied. The research is designed with experimental and control groups, and it is found that a total of 70 female students are needed, 35 in the experimental group and 35 in the control group. PMSS analysis will be performed and students who score over 132 points and meet the inclusion criteria will be numbered in the order of filling out the survey, and randomization will be done using the "Random Sequence Generator" through www.random.org, which provides computer-assisted randomization, and experimental and control groups will be created. Simple randomization will be applied to keep the control and experimental groups equal. To ensure blinding in the study, randomization will be carried out by someone other than the researchers. A total of 8 sessions of Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) will be applied to the experimental group, once a week. No application other than the scales will planned for the control group.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- RECRUITING
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 75
- Scoring over 132 on the premenstrual syndrome scale
- Over 18 years old
- Having had a regular menstrual cycle for the last three months (21-35)
- Owner of a smartphone and internet
- Agreeing to participate in the research
- Psychiatric treatment and antidepressant medication in the last three months who have started,
- Who are pregnant,
- Who have given birth,
- Who use oral contraceptives,
- Who have difficulty accessing the internet
- Who did not participate in the post-test will be excluded.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) experimental group The Emotional Freedom Technique A total of 8 sessions of Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) will be applied to the experimental group, once a week. First, the experimental group was informed about premenstrual syndrome and EFT face to face and EFT application was taught. EFT application was performed every week for 2 cycles. During the application, plans were made to be face-to-face, online, in a group or individually. The posttest was repeated after the application was completed.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Personal Information Form Before the EFT application The Personal Information Form is a form consisting of 22 questions regarding socio-demographic characteristics, lifestyle and menstrual history, created by the researcher using the relevant literature in order to obtain the data of the female students to be included in the research and to perform randomization effectively.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Premenstrual Syndrome Scale (PMSS) Before and 3 months after the EFT application trial It is a scale that aims to describe premenstrual symptoms and measure the severity of symptoms. Answers to the items on the scale are marked taking into account the situation of "being within the week before menstruation" as stated in the instructions. Scale, depressive affect , anxiety , fatigue , irritability , depressive thoughts , pain , appetite changes , It consists of nine subscales: sleep changes and bloating . The scale score is determined by the score obtained from the sub-dimensions. This score is called the "PMSÖ total score" and the lowest score that can be obtained is 44 and the highest score is 220. Increasing the scale score means increasing symptoms.
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Nursing
🇹🇷Izmir, Turkey