The Effect of Emotional Freedom Technique on Patients Receiving Preventive Foot Care

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Limb Injury; Limb Ischemia; Complication Diabetic; Complication,Postoperative; Compliance, Patient; Anxiety

• Registration Number: NCT07066371
• Lead Sponsor: Bitlis Eren University

Brief Summary

It is planned to examine the effect of the emotional liberation technique on the anxiety level in patients who receive preventive foot wound care and treatment in the postoperative period.

H0: The emotional liberation technique has no effect on the anxiety level in patients who receive preventive foot wound care and treatment in the postoperative period.

H1: The emotional liberation technique has an effect on reducing anxiety in patients who receive preventive foot wound care and treatment in the postoperative period.

Detailed Description

The type of the study is a prospective randomized controlled clinical research model. The study design is a pre-test-post-test control group experimental trial. Data will be collected by the researchers through face-to-face interviews.

Patient identification form, state and trait anxiety scale will be applied to the experimental and control group patients as part of the pre-test. After the patients are given EFT training, they will be asked to apply it twice a week for 1 month. EFT videos and brochures will be given to the patients. 1 EFT session is applied for an average of 15 minutes. No intervention will be applied to the control group patients and the clinic's routine patient care and applications will be continued. State and trait anxiety scale will be applied to the experimental and control group patients as part of the post-test.

\*After the data collection process is completed, EFT training will be given to the control group patients if they wish. EFT videos and brochures will be given to the patients. It will be stated to the patients that they can contact the researchers by phone for information/support regarding the applications.

Emotional freedom technique application is an application that works on cognitive and energetic levels. For this reason, in the application of the emotional freedom technique, exposure therapy is applied to individuals first. Exposure therapy is the comparison of individuals with the situation called trigger, which creates a stress response in the individual, during the application. The individual is reminded of the trigger and the individual is made conscious and aware of the discomfort. This situation activates the amygdala and creates a threat warning.

Emotional Freedom Technique Application Guidelines

1. Determination of Subjective Units of Disturbance (SUD)

2. Preparation or setup

3. Application of appropriate acupuncture points in order

4. 9-Gamut: An application that allows the two hemispheres of the brain to be stimulated simultaneously

5. Application of appropriate acupuncture points in order again

6. Control of the differentiation in the level of discomfort with SUDS again

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2025-04-03
• Study Start: 2025-04-15
• Status Verified: 2025-07
• Study First Submitted QC: 2025-07-14
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-07-14
• Study First Posted: 2025-07-15
• Last Update Posted: 2025-07-15
• Primary Completion: 2025-09-01
• Study Completion: 2025-12-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 62

Inclusion Criteria

• Must be 18 years old or older
• Must have no communication problems
• Must have had surgery for a foot ulcer

Exclusion Criteria

• Having any auditory or mental problems
• Having difficulty/not being able to apply Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT)
• Wanting to leave the study

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: CROSSOVER

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
anxiety level	After the patients are given EFT training, they will be asked to apply it twice a week for 1 month. 1 EFT session is applied for an average of 15 minutes. Measurements will be made after 1 month.	State and Trait Anxiety Scale: The adaptation and arrangement of the scales to Turkish was made by Necla Öner and Le Compte. Both scales consist of 20 items and are graded on a 4-point Likert scale. Scoring is done between 1-4. The scores obtained from both scales theoretically vary between 20 and 80. A high score indicates a high level of anxiety, a low score indicates a low level of anxiety.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Bitlis Eren University; 🇹🇷 Bitlis, Turkey