Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) Effect on Nurses

Istanbul Saglik Bilimleri University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Burnout, Caregiver; Anxiety; Stress

Treatments: Behavioral: Emotional Freedom Technique

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04393077

2020\0192

Details and patient eligibility

About

Background: Infectious disease outbreaks have a psychological effect on the general population, and especially on health workers. Nurses who care for COVID-19 patients feel negative emotions, fear, and anxiety due to fatigue, discomfort, and helplessness due to high-intensity work.

Objective: The study aims to evaluate the effect of EFT in the prevention of stress, anxiety, and burnout of nurses who have an important position in the fight against COVID-19.

Design: Randomized controlled trial. Setting: COVID-19 department of a university hospital in Istanbul Province, Turkey.

Participants: The sample of the study consisted of nurses working on 80 COVID-19 cases.

Methods: The investigators will recruit nurses who care for the patient infected with COVID-19 randomly allocated them to the intervention (n = 40) and control (n = 40) groups. EFT will apply to the experimental group with online access. Data will collect using the Introductory Characteristics Form, the Subjective Discomfort Unit Scale, the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, and the Burnout Scale.

Full description

With the onset of the COVID-19 epidemic, healthcare workers have assumed important responsibilities in the control, prevention, care, and treatment of its spread. In this period, they provided the necessary health practices for suspicious or confirmed COVID-19 patients in the front lines and under harsh conditions, which are generally long and tiring. It is clear that infectious disease outbreaks have a psychological effect on the general population, and especially on health workers. The social distance required to prevent outbreaks is a key factor in disease management while causing social and psychological effects.

2.1. Design A randomized controlled experimental research design. The study complied with the guidelines of the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) checklist.

2.2. Participants This study will conduct with nurses working in a university hospital located in Istanbul between May 2020 and June 2020, working in the care of COVID-19 patients.

2.5. Measures The data will be collected with the Introductory Characteristics Form, the positive units of distress scale, the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, and the Burnout Inventory. The investigators created our data collection forms using Survey Monkey, which provides electronic self-access and prevents data from multiple entries from the same person, making it easier to collect and track data. Confidentiality will be guaranteed by completely disabling electronic and IP address records to obtain anonymous replies.

Enrollment: 80 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Not taking any courses about coping with anxiety and stress,
• Volunteering to participate in the study.

Exclusion criteria

• Having any psychiatric diagnoses

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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80 participants in 2 patient groups

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants will complete the pre-tests of the introductory features form, SUD, STAI-I, and burnout scales sent via Survey Monkey. The participants (n=40) will be given 15 minutes of free time and asked to be in a position where the individuals were comfortable, in the quietest and most tranquil environment possible. At the end of this period, post-test SUD, STAI-I, and burnout scales will be sent to the participants and they will be asked to fill in the scores.

Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Firstly, people in the entire group fill out the introductory features form on the online questionnaire form. The time of the meeting will be determined by collaborating with the participants in the experimental group. During the interview, they will be asked to be in a position that was comfortable for the individuals, in the quietest and calm environment possible. At the beginning of the meeting, they will be asked to fill in the pre-test SUD, STAI-I, and burnout scales sent via SurveyMonkey. Then, the EFT session (20 minutes) will be conducted once mutually with the researcher, who is an expert in their field. At the end of the session, they will be filled the post-test SUD, STAI-I and burnout scales

Treatment:

Behavioral: Emotional Freedom Technique