NCT06816576

The Effect of Emotional Freedom Techniques Application on Patients With Cancer Phobia

Principal Investigator, Assistant Professor Şerafettin OKUTAN, Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Bitlis Eren University

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 120 (actual)
• Sponsor: Bitlis Eren University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim is to examine the effect of Emotional Freedom Technique on death anxiety in patients with postoperative cancer phobia. The hypotheses of the study are as follows: H0: Emotional Freedom Technique has no effect on postoperative death anxiety in patients with cancer phobia. H1: Emotional Freedom Technique has a positive effect on postoperative death anxiety in patients with cancer phobia.

Detailed description

Intervention Group After coming to the clinic after surgery and after their condition was stable, the patients were given the patient introduction form, subjective discomfort unit, cancer anxiety scale and death anxiety scale as a pre-test. The researchers provided Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) training to the patients and asked them to apply Emotional Freedom Technique. After an average of 3 days, the subjective discomfort unit, cancer anxiety scale and death anxiety scale were applied as a post-test. Control Group After coming to the clinic after surgery and after their condition was stable, the patient introduction form, subjective discomfort unit, cancer anxiety scale and death anxiety scale were applied as a pre-test. No intervention was made to the control group patients outside the clinical protocol. After an average of 3 days, the subjective discomfort unit, cancer anxiety scale and death anxiety scale were applied as a post-test.

Conditions

• Postoperative Complications
• Emotion Regulation
• Death Anxiety

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Emotional Freedom Technique	Emotional Freedom Technique application; It is an application that works on cognitive and energetic levels. Emotional Freedom Technique Application Instructions 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 Subjective Units of Disturbance again

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-02-10
• Primary completion: 2025-09-28
• Completion: 2025-10-10
• First posted: 2025-02-10
• Last updated: 2026-01-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)