"Effect of Emotional Freedom Technique " ((EFT))

"Effect of Emotional Freedom Technique Application on Infertility Stress in Women"

This study will be conducted to investigate the effect of Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) Application on infertility stress in women undergoing infertility treatment.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Infertility; Stress; Emotions
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: emotional freedom technique (EFT)

Detailed Description

Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) is an easy-to-apply therapy, one of the types of energy psychotherapy. EFT gives effective and successful results in clinical problems.

Personal energy level and balance are very important, as Gary Craig, the inventor of the technique, stated, "The cause of all negative emotions is due to the disorder in the body's energy system." Because any disruption or blockage in the energy flow brings with it physical and psychological disorders. For this reason, first of all, the negative emotion that causes the negative situation should be eliminated. When the energy flow in the meridians is balanced, the emotional intensity or negative/negative emotion also disappears. Thus, the person starts to feel good.

In energy psychology applications, while the individual is in a relaxed and relaxed state, the electrical energy flow in the meridian system is also comfortable and regular. Emotional reactions such as anger, sadness, stress, disappointment create sudden obstacles in this flow. By focusing on the emotional reactions that hinder the individual, the stimulations on the meridian system (often by touch) regulate the energy flow and provide the individual to relax. The fact that the flow in the meridian system is not interrupted provides relief in the mind, body and emotion areas of the individual.

EFT works on the cognitive and energetic levels. While it is ensured that the individual is conscious and aware of a disturbing symptom or disorder, selected acupuncture points are touched at the same time, creating a cognitive transition and energetic release. EFT is applied safely for stress management.

It can be safely applied to individuals of all ages, including the elderly, pregnant and children. EFT was applied in 51 studies, 18 of which were randomized controlled and positive results were obtained with clinical measurements.

With EFT, the energy flow can be regulated safely and consciously, contributing to the individual's "better" feeling. Positive results in past applications reveal the reliability of the method. Since the application procedure is easy, the application areas are versatile and it does not show side effects, it is recommended that EFT be widespread in different clinical areas and evidence-based studies should be increased.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 69
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Eyalet/Yerleşke
    • Ankara, Eyalet/Yerleşke, Turkey, 06290
      • Gonca Karataş Baran

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 40 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:(For the intervention and control group):

• Women who have applied to the IVF clinic for primary infertility treatment,
• in the initial stage of IVF/ICSI treatment,
• literate in Turkish,
• have no chronic disease,
• have no diagnosed psychiatric disease,
• between the ages of 18-40,
• agree to participate in the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Women with a diagnosis of secondary infertility who do not meet the conditions for inclusion in the study (for the intervention and control group),
• Women want to leave the study (for the intervention group) before the implementation phases are completed.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: emotional freedom technique; 5 sessions of EFT* will be applied to this group on the first day of the treatment, 1st Control, 2nd Control, before the OPU procedure and before the embryo transfer. Subjective discomfort level will be measured with SUD** before and after each application.	Other: emotional freedom technique (EFT); EFT is an energy psychotherapy derivative application, consisting of cognitive and somatic components, used to heal personal negative emotions and related emotional and physical disorders. Stress hormones are secreted in response to the stress response in the person, and then the amygdala and other cerebral parts that respond to stress are activated. There are basic steps to be followed in EFT application; By giving a message to the emotional body (subconscious) with suggestion sentences, clicks are made on the twelve energy meridian endpoints (acupressure points).
No Intervention: control; No application will be made to this group. Infertility stress scale will be filled in the case and control group at the beginning of the treatment and after the embryo transfer.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
INFERTILITY STRESS SCALE score	This scale, which will be applied to evaluate the stress experienced by infertile women.The scale has three sub-dimensions related to "personal", "marriage" and "social" fields and consists of 14 items in total.	change from baseline ınfertility stress scale score ( approximately 15 days later ınfertility treatment)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Subjective Level of Discomfort	It is the subjective rating of discomfort felt by the patient. Before starting the application in energy therapies, it is requested to evaluate the severity of the discomfort caused by the problem on a graded measurement called Subjective Units of Disturbance-SUD, which was used by Wolpe before. During this subjective evaluation, the client considers the discomfort he feels as 10 unbearable discomfort, 0 no discomfort, and scores it on a scale of 0-10. By means of this scoring, the severity of the discomfort felt by the individual at that moment is determined.	1,2,3,4,5. times EFT ıntervention (First 15 days of ınfertility treatment)
pregnancy status (positive or negativity according to BHCG value)	BHCG value evaluation in the blood (routinely applied in those who have ınfertility treatment)	30 days later of ınfertility treatment

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Gonca Karatas Baran
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: GONCA K KARATAS BARAN, PHD, Etlik Zubeyde Hanım Women's Health Care, Training and Research Hospital

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): May 1, 2022
• Primary Completion (Actual): May 15, 2023
• Study Completion (Actual): May 15, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: April 21, 2022
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 27, 2022
• First Posted (Actual): May 3, 2022

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimated): November 22, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 20, 2024
• Last Verified: November 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Urogenital Diseases; Genital Diseases; Infertility
• Other Study ID Numbers: Etlik SagBakHizm

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: No