Effect of Emotional Freedom Technique on Symptoms in Dysmenorrhea

Examining the Effect of Emotional Freedom Technique on Quality of Life and Symptoms in Dysmenorrhea

1. Reducing symptoms with EFT in young women suffering from dysmenorrhea
2. Improving the quality of life of young women suffering from dysmenorrhea
3. Raising women's awareness for EFT
4. Reducing healthcare costs for dysmenorrhea

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Pain; Woman
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: EFT group

Detailed Description

Primary dysmenorrhea, the most common form of dysmenorrhea, is a problem characterized by pain that begins in the lower abdomen before or with menstruation, lower back pain and pain radiating to the legs. The Emotion Freedom Techniqu has become a manualized method that has led to uniform application research, education, and clinical practice. EFT is a brief intervention that combines exposure, cognitive therapy, and somatic stimulation of acupressure points on the face and body. It has been reported in the literature that EFT, a "needle-free and emotional" form of acupuncture, reduces or eliminates dysmenorrhea symptoms and premenstrual complaints.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 65
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Karabuk, Turkey, 78050
    • Karabuk University
  • Karabuk
    • Karabük, Karabuk, Turkey, 78050
      • Karabuk University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• • Being a female student at Karabük University Faculty of Health Sciences

  • Being between the ages of 18-25
  • Voluntarily agrees to participate in the study,
  • T.R. to be a citizen,
  • Not having any chronic disease,
  • Those whose symptom complaints are 5 or above according to the VAS scale

Exclusion Criteria:

• • Leaving the study at any time,

  • Having any diagnosed psychiatric disorder.
  • Not having secondary dysmenorrhea pathology

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: İntervention (EFT) group; In order to determine the students who meet our study criteria, PİF, DDF, VAS, MSS and Short Form 36 will be applied for the pre-test to female students studying in the relevant departments of KBÜ SBF. To EFT Group; After the first tests are done, the 1st EFT session will be held, the 2nd EFT session will be held 30 days later, and the final tests will be done 30 days later. During this period, affirmations will be given depending on the need. Each session is planned to last an average of 45 minutes - 1 hour, and duration and affirmations will be arranged according to the woman's individual difficulties, perspective, support systems, past traumas and emotional blockages. 4th Procedure: Preliminary tests will be carried out and then the 1st EFT session will be held. 5. Procedure: After 30 days, the first final tests will be performed and then the second EFT session will be held. Procedure 6: After 30 days, only the 2nd final tests will be performed.	Other: EFT group; Preliminary tests will be carried out and then the 1st EFT session will be held. After 30 days, the first final tests will be performed and then the second EFT session will be held. After 30 days, only the 2nd final tests will be performed.
No Intervention: Control group; In order to determine the students who meet our study criteria, PİF, DDF, VAS, MSS and Short Form 36 will be applied for the pre-test to female students studying in the relevant departments of KBÜ SBF. Students in the control group will receive routine counseling regarding primary dysmenorrhea, and no extra intervention or practice will be performed. Procedure 1: Preliminary tests will be conducted and then general training for dysmenorrhea will be conducted. 2nd Process: 30 days later, the questions of the students who will take the 1st post-test will be answered. 3rd Procedure: After 30 days, the second final tests will be performed.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Examining the Effect of Emotional Freedom Technique on Quality of Life and Symptoms in Dysmenorrhea	Emotional Freedom Technique	Preliminary tests will be carried out and then the 1st EFT session will be held. After 30 days, the first final tests will be performed and then the second EFT session will be held. After 30 days, only the 2nd final tests will be performed.

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Karabuk University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): January 1, 2024
• Primary Completion (Actual): April 15, 2024
• Study Completion (Actual): May 10, 2024

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: November 4, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 8, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): November 13, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): May 13, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 10, 2024
• Last Verified: May 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: quality of life; dysmenorrhea; woman
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Pathologic Processes; Pain; Neurologic Manifestations; Menstruation Disturbances; Pelvic Pain; Dysmenorrhea
• Other Study ID Numbers: E-77192459-050.99-232650

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: UNDECIDED

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No