NCT06181903

The Effect of Emotional Freedom Technique on Mental Well-Being and Stress Level in Pregnant Women

The Effect of Emotional Freedom Technique Applied to Women With Risky Pregnancy on Mental Well-Being and Stress Level

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 120 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Emotional freedom technique will be applied to women with risky pregnancy. Emotional freedom technique group and control groups each consisted of 60 pregnant women.

Detailed description

Objective In this experimental study, it was aimed to examine the effect of emotional freedom technique applied to women with risky pregnancy on mental well-being and stress levels. Materials and Methods: This randomized controlled study will be conducted between February 2024 and August 2024 in Kahramanmaraş Necip Fazıl City Hospital Obstetrics and Gynecology Annex Building Obstetrics Outpatient Clinics with a total of 120 risk pregnant women (60 EFT, 60 control). EFT will be applied in the study. Women in the EFT group will receive EFT four times at one-week intervals. Pretest data will be obtained by filling out the Personal Information Form, Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale (WEMWB), Prenatal Distress Scale - Revised Version before the Emotional Freedom Technique application. After the interventions, post-test data will be obtained by completing the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale (WEMWB), Prenatal Distress Scale - Revised Version. In addition, the Subjective Units of Experience (SUE) scale will be administered before and after each EFT intervention.

Conditions

• Pregnant at Risk

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Emotional freedom technique group	Control group

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-02-28
• Primary completion: 2024-08-01
• Completion: 2024-08-01
• First posted: 2023-12-26
• Last updated: 2024-07-09

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)