NCT07065526

Application of EFT in Postmenopausal Women

The Effect of Emotional Freedom Technique Applied to Postmenopausal Women on Sleep and Quality of Life: A Randomized Controlled Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 58 (actual)
• Sponsor: KTO Karatay University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 45 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Objectives: This study was conducted to determine the effect of emotional liberation technique on sleep and quality of life in postmenopausal women. Methods: The study was conducted as a randomized controlled trial with 58 women in a university hospital in Turkey. Of the women, 29 were in the intervention group and 29 were in the control group. Data were collected using the Personal Information Form, Subjective Experience Unit Scale (SUE), Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and Menopause Specific Quality of Life Scale (MENQOL). EFT was applied to women in the intervention group four times at one-week intervals. The emotional liberation technique was applied to the women in the control group after the post-test was applied and the data were reported.

Conditions

• Postmenopausal
• Sleep
• Quality of Life

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Emodin	Following the pre-test in the first encounter, the participants were administered the first EFT lasting 30-40 minutes by the first author, who is a certified EFT facilitator, followed by the CPS. Afterwards, a total of 4 sessions of EFT were administered at 1-week intervals. The CPS was applied before and after each EFT. After the last EFT session, SUE, PSQI and MENQOL post-tests were administered.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-09-15
• Primary completion: 2024-01-15
• Completion: 2024-09-10
• First posted: 2025-07-15
• Last updated: 2025-07-15

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)