"Effect of Emotional Freedom Technique "

Gonca Karatas Baran69 enrolled

Overview

This study will be conducted to investigate the effect of Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) Application on infertility stress in women undergoing infertility treatment.

Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) is an easy-to-apply therapy, one of the types of energy psychotherapy. EFT gives effective and successful results in clinical problems. Personal energy level and balance are very important, as Gary Craig, the inventor of the technique, stated, "The cause of all negative emotions is due to the disorder in the body's energy system." Because any disruption or blockage in the energy flow brings with it physical and psychological disorders. For this reason, first of all, the negative emotion that causes the negative situation should be eliminated. When the energy flow in the meridians is balanced, the emotional intensity or negative/negative emotion also disappears. Thus, the person starts to feel good. In energy psychology applications, while the individual is in a relaxed and relaxed state, the electrical energy flow in the meridian system is also comfortable and regular. Emotional reactions such as anger, sadness, stress, disappointment create sudden obstacles in this flow. By focusing on the emotional reactions that hinder the individual, the stimulations on the meridian system (often by touch) regulate the energy flow and provide the individual to relax. The fact that the flow in the meridian system is not interrupted provides relief in the mind, body and emotion areas of the individual. EFT works on the cognitive and energetic levels. While it is ensured that the individual is conscious and aware of a disturbing symptom or disorder, selected acupuncture points are touched at the same time, creating a cognitive transition and energetic release. EFT is applied safely for stress management. It can be safely applied to individuals of all ages, including the elderly, pregnant and children. EFT was applied in 51 studies, 18 of which were randomized controlled and positive results were obtained with clinical measurements. With EFT, the energy flow can be regulated safely and consciously, contributing to the individual's "better" feeling. Positive results in past applications reveal the reliability of the method. Since the application procedure is easy, the application areas are versatile and it does not show side effects, it is recommended that EFT be widespread in different clinical areas and evidence-based studies should be increased.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Emotions Infertility Stress

Interventions

emotional freedom technique (EFT)OTHER

EFT is an energy psychotherapy derivative application, consisting of cognitive and somatic components, used to heal personal negative emotions and related emotional and physical disorders. Stress hormones are secreted in response to the stress response in the person, and then the amygdala and other cerebral parts that respond to stress are activated. There are basic steps to be followed in EFT application; By giving a message to the emotional body (subconscious) with suggestion sentences, clicks are made on the twelve energy meridian endpoints (acupressure points).

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 40 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria:(For the intervention and control group): * Women who have applied to the IVF clinic for primary infertility treatment, * in the initial stage of IVF/ICSI treatment, * literate in Turkish, * have no chronic disease, * have no diagnosed psychiatric disease, * between the ages of 18-40, * agree to participate in the study. Exclusion Criteria: * Women with a diagnosis of secondary infertility who do not meet the conditions for inclusion in the study (for the intervention and control group), * Women want to leave the study (for the intervention group) before the implementation phases are completed.

Locations (1)

Gonca Karataş Baran

Ankara, Eyalet/Yerleşke, Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

INFERTILITY STRESS SCALE score

This scale, which will be applied to evaluate the stress experienced by infertile women.The scale has three sub-dimensions related to "personal", "marriage" and "social" fields and consists of 14 items in total.

Time frame: change from baseline ınfertility stress scale score ( approximately 15 days later ınfertility treatment)

Secondary Outcomes

Subjective Level of Discomfort

It is the subjective rating of discomfort felt by the patient. Before starting the application in energy therapies, it is requested to evaluate the severity of the discomfort caused by the problem on a graded measurement called Subjective Units of Disturbance-SUD, which was used by Wolpe before. During this subjective evaluation, the client considers the discomfort he feels as 10 unbearable discomfort, 0 no discomfort, and scores it on a scale of 0-10. By means of this scoring, the severity of the discomfort felt by the individual at that moment is determined.

Time frame: 1,2,3,4,5. times EFT ıntervention (First 15 days of ınfertility treatment)

pregnancy status (positive or negativity according to BHCG value)

BHCG value evaluation in the blood (routinely applied in those who have ınfertility treatment)

Time frame: 30 days later of ınfertility treatment

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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