Effect of Emotional Freedom Technique on Perceived Pain, Situational Anxiety and Satisfaction Levels During Mammography Screening.

The Effect of the Emotional Freedom Technique Applied During Mammography Screening on Perceived Pain, Situational Anxiety and Satisfaction Levels

This study was planned to determine the effect of Emotional Freedom Technique on perceived pain level, situational anxietyl and satisfaction level during mammography screening.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Pain; Anxiety; Mammography Screening
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Emotional Freedom Technique

Detailed Description

The randomized controlled and experimental study will be conducted with 94 women who applied to the Cancer Early Diagnosis, Screening and Education Center for mammography screening. The women in the experimental group (n=47) will be applied the Emotional Freedom Technique before mammography screening and the women in the control group (n=47) will be given routine mammography screening. The Sociodemographic Information Form, Visual Analog, Situational Anxiety Inventory, blood pressure monitor, thermometer and saturation device will be used to collect the data.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 94
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Istanbul, Turkey
    • Pendik District Health Directorate Maternal Child Health and Family Planning Center

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

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

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Having a first mammography screening
• Knowing how to read and write,
• Having entered menopause (at least 1 year has passed since the last menstruation)

Exclusion Criteria:

• Having any cognitive or hearing problems,
• Having used painkillers before the procedure,
• Having no chronic diseases (cardiovascular, respiratory tract),
• Having a diagnosed mental illness (schizophrenia, bipolar disorder),
• Having epilepsy (as it is a contraindication for EFT applications),

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: Control Group; Women in the control group applying for mammography screening will not receive any intervention other than routine mammography screening.
Experimental: Intervention Group; Emotional Freedom Technique will be applied to women in the intervention group applying for mammography screening 30-40 minutes before the procedure.	Other: Emotional Freedom Technique; The researcher will apply the Emotional Freedom Technique to women in the intervention group who apply for mammography screening for 30-40 minutes before the screening.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Anxiety	Data will be collected using the State Anxiety Inventory. The answer options collected in four classes on the State Anxiety Inventory scale are: (1) Not at all, (2) A little, (3) A lot and (4) Completely; The options on the trait anxiety scale are (1) Rarel, (2) Sometimes, (3) A lot of the time, and (4) Almost always. The higher the score obtained from the scales, the higher the person's anxiety is. The total score obtained from the scale varies between 20-80, and 20-39 indicates a mild anxiety level, 40-59 indicates a medium anxiety level, 60-79 indicates a high anxiety level, and 80 points indicates a panic anxiety level.	20 minute
Pain Level	Data will be collected using the Visual Analogue Scale. Pain can be given a score between 0 and 10 on the scale.The higher the scale score, the greater the pain.	10 minute

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Satisfaction Level	Data will be collected using the Visual Analog Scale. Satisfaction can be given a score between 0 and 10 on the scale. The higher the scale score, the higher the satisfaction level.	10 minutes
Blood Pressure	The data will be measured with a blood pressure monitor, and the average normal value in blood pressure measurement will be accepted as 120/80 mmHg.	5 minutes
Thermometer	Data will be measured from the forehead with a fever measuring device and the average normal value in body temperature measurement will be accepted as 36.5-37.5.	5 minutes
Saturation	Data will be measured from the fingertip with a saturation device and the average normal value of the measurement will be accepted as between 95-100%.	5 minutes

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): November 7, 2024
• Primary Completion (Actual): February 28, 2025
• Study Completion (Actual): March 30, 2025

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: February 27, 2024
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 5, 2024
• First Posted (Actual): March 6, 2024

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): May 13, 2025
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 12, 2025
• Last Verified: May 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: pain; Emotional Freedom Technique; mammography
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Mental Disorders; Anxiety Disorders
• Other Study ID Numbers: SumeyyeKose-E.138186

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

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