EFFECTIVENESS OF EMOTIONAL FREEDOM TECHNIQUE FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF STRESS AND ANXIETY AMONG FEMALE HOSTELITES

Fatima Jinnah Women University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Stress and Anxiety

Treatments: Behavioral: Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07113002

FJWU/EC/2024/80

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study tested how well Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) works to reduce stress and anxiety in female university students living in hostels. Eighty students were randomly divided into two groups: one received EFT therapy for 4 weeks, and the other did not. Stress and anxiety were measured before and after using standard scales. The group that received EFT showed a significant reduction in stress and anxiety compared to the control group. This suggests EFT is an effective way to help manage mental health problems in this group.

Enrollment: 80 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 35 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Female students living in university hostels.

Female students who have provided informed consent to participate.

Exclusion criteria

• Male students.

Hostel professionals and management living in hostels.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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80 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention Group (EFT)

Experimental group

Description:

Participants received 4 weeks of Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) therapy.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT)

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants in this group did not receive Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) therapy. They served as the control group for comparison with the intervention group.