The Effect of Emotional Freedom Technique on Perceived Stress and General Self-Efficacy in Nursing Students

Selcuk University50 enrolled

Overview

The study was conducted to determine the effect of Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) on perceived stress and general self-efficacy in obstetrics and gynecology nursing lesson in undergraduate nursing students with fear of birth. The samples were applied to undergraduate nursing students satisfying the research criteria in a state university nursing faculty in Konya at November 2022.

The study was designed to be randomly controlled. Block randomization method was used to determine the intervention and control groups. Randomization was done by a biostatistician outside the researcher. 50 nursing students were randomly assigned to the intervention and control groups. The study was carried out in three stages with three EFT applications, applied for approximately 20-30 minutes, at 7-day intervals. In the first stage, students who met the inclusion criteria were identified by interviewing students who thought they had a fear of childbirth. After informed consent was obtained from the students and pretest data were collected, they were randomly assigned to intervention and control groups. EFT application was applied to those in the intervention group. No intervention was made for the control group. Data was collected twice for the intervention group, before the first EFT application (pretest) and after the last EFT application (posttest). The control group was also tested at the first interview and again 3 weeks later. The applications were carried out face to face with the students as a group. For the collection of research data, "Descriptive Information Form", "General Self-Efficacy (GSE) Scale", "Perceived Stress Scale" and "The Subjective Units of Distress (SUD) Scale" were used.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Emotion Regulation Stress Self Efficacy

Interventions

Emotional Freedom TechniqueOTHER

Emotional freedom techniques is a psychophysiological intervention that combines psychological methods from traditional therapies with somatic stimulation. EFT involves tapping acupuncture points to desensitize negative emotions by focusing on the emotion.

Eligibility

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

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Female students who were taking the Obstetrics and Gynecology Nursing course at the Faculty of Nursing, who volunteered to participate in the study, and who thought they had a fear of childbirth were included in the study. Exclusion Criteria: * Female students who did not take the Obstetrics and Gynecology Nursing course at the Faculty of Nursing, did not volunteer to participate in the study, and did not think they had a fear of childbirth were not included in the study.

Locations (1)

Selcuk University

Konya, Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

General Self-Efficacy Scale

The scale consists of 10 items. It is scored between 1-4 and the lowest 10 and the highest 40 points can be obtained.

Time frame: Change from The General Self-Efficacy Scale at three weeks

Perceived Stress Scale

The scale consists of 14 items. It is scored between 0-4 and the lowest 0 and the highest 56 points can be obtained.

Time frame: Change from The Perceived Stress Scale at three weeks

The Subjective Units of Distress Scale

It is an 11-point scale commonly used as a subjective verbal rating of discomfort, where 0 indicates absence of discomfort and 10 indicates that it is intolerable.

Time frame: Change from The Subjective Units of Distress Scale at three weeks

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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