The Effect of Therapeutic Touch and Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) on Postpartum Mood and Fatigue in Postpartum Women

KTO Karatay University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Emotion Regulation; Fatigue

Treatments: Other: Emotional freedom technique (EFT); Other: Therapeutic touch (TD)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06440109

A-TURAN-001

Details and patient eligibility

About

Therapeutic touch (TD) is a non-pharmacological/integrated treatment method used to balance the body by regulating the imbalanced energy field in the individual or resolving blockages in energy flow. Emotional freedom technique (EFT) is a psychophysiological intervention that combines elements of somatic stimulation using acupuncture points. This research will be conducted as a randomized controlled experimental study to determine the effect of TD and EFT intervention on postpartum mood and fatigue in postpartum women. The research will be conducted between November 2023 and November 2024 with women who gave birth normally and are registered at Karakulak Family Health Center in Konya. This research; It was planned to be carried out with three groups: TD intervention, EFT intervention and control group. The population of the research consists of women who gave birth vaginally and those who gave birth vaginally in the relevant hospital. A pilot study was conducted with 15 people to calculate the sample size. The number of samples was determined as 60 by post hoct analysis in the G*Power 3.1.9.4 program, in line with the pilot study results. Data will be collected with the Personal Information Form, Brief Mood Introspection Scale, Visual Similarity Scale for Fatigue, and Unit of Subjective Experience (SUE). The analysis of the data obtained from the research will be carried out in the Social Sciences Statistical Package (SPSS) 25.0 package program. The critical significance value will be taken as 0.05. Therapeutic touch and EFT interventions are thought to be methods that can be used to improve women's health because they are easy to apply, have no side effects, and are non-drug practices that midwives/nurses can apply independently.

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 60 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Having a vaginal birth at term
• Being primiparous
• Postpartum 3rd-5th. to be in the days
• Being able to speak and understand Turkish
• Being 18 years or older
• Having a single and viable fetus
• Volunteering to participate in research
• Not having experienced TD or EFT treatment before

Exclusion criteria

• A psychiatric diagnosis has been made,
• Having a chronic systemic disease,
• The newborn's need for treatment
• Having postpartum complications in the mother or baby
• Those who have sensitivity or problems with touch,
• Wounds, infections, etc. in places that need to be touched. existence of situations,
• Women who have any disability that would prevent communication (deafness, hearing impairment, etc., use of languages other than Turkish) will be excluded from the research.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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60 participants in 3 patient groups

EFT intervention

Experimental group

Description:

The application will be carried out in line with EFT application protocols. In this regard, women's home visits will be completed with 6 meetings, once every week. Each EFT session will last 15 minutes

Treatment:

Other: Emotional freedom technique (EFT)

TD intervention

Experimental group

Description:

The application will be carried out in line with TD application protocols. In this regard, women's home visits will be completed with 6 meetings, once every week. Each TD session will last 15 minutes

Treatment:

Other: Therapeutic touch (TD)

Control grup

No Intervention group

Description:

No intervention will be made. Women in the intervention groups will be followed for 6 weeks and receive standard care. The final test will be administered at the end of the sixth week