Application of EFT in Postmenopausal Women

KTO Karatay University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Quality of Life; Postmenopausal; Sleep

Treatments: Behavioral: Emodin

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07065526

KTO Karatay University

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 58 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 45 to 60 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Between 45 and 60 years old,
• No menstruation for at least 12 months
• A score of 5 or higher on the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI)
• Conscious postmenopausal women who can read and write Turkish and have person, place, and time orientation

Exclusion criteria

• Anyone with an intellectual disability or diagnosed psychiatric illness, anyone taking medications that may affect sleep patterns, anyone on hormone replacement therapy,
• People who have previously been trained in EFT and have communication problems.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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58 participants in 2 patient groups

EFT Group

Experimental group

Description:

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.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Emodin

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

Following the pre-test application, post-tests were applied 4 weeks later. They received routine treatment and care. The control group was taught EFT application after the study was completed.