Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) on Pain and Stress Levels in Fibromyalgia (FMS) (EFT-FMS)

Ege University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Fibromyalgia

Treatments: Behavioral: Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) works on cognitive and energetic levels.

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06391268

FCetinkaya

Details and patient eligibility

About

The main aim of the study was to investigate self-administered emotional to determine the effect of the freedom technique on pain and stress levels.

The sub-objectives of the study are as follows:

1. To determine the effect of self-administration of EFT on pain level.
2. To determine the effect of self-administered EFT on stress level.
3. To determine the effect of EFT self-administration on comfort level.

Full description

HYPOTHESES OF THE RESEARCH

H 1 : Between the pain levels of patients with and without self-administered EFT there is a difference.

H 2 : There is a difference between the stress levels of patients who apply EFT to themselves and those who do not. there is a difference.

H 3 : Comfort levels of patients with and without self-administered EFT there is a difference.

Enrollment: 80 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Clinical diagnosis of fibromyalgia
• Can speak and understand Turkish
• Have time and place orientation
• No psychiatric illness,
• No vision and hearing problems.

Exclusion criteria

• Unstable medical condition
• Non-cooperative individuals

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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80 participants in 3 patient groups

The group to whichEmotional freedom technique (EFT) EFT was applied by the researcher

Experimental group

Description:

Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) works on cognitive and energetic levels. While ensuring that the individual is conscious and aware of a disturbing symptom or discomfort, selected acupuncture points are touched at the same time, creating a cognitive transition and energetic release. 1-The group to which EFT was applied by the researcher

Treatment:

Behavioral: Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) works on cognitive and energetic levels.

Emotional freedom technique (EFT) for fibromyalgia -2-The group that applies EFT to itself

Experimental group

Description:

Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) works on cognitive and energetic levels. While ensuring that the individual is conscious and aware of a disturbing symptom or discomfort, selected acupuncture points are touched at the same time, creating a cognitive transition and energetic release. 2-The group that applies EFT to itself

Treatment:

Behavioral: Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) works on cognitive and energetic levels.

Emotional freedom technique (EFT) for fibromyalgia -3-Control group without EFT:

No Intervention group

Description:

3-Control group without EFT: Pain, problem-stress, comfort and fibromyalgia scales were applied in 3 interviews.