The Effect of Emotional Freedom Technique Applied Before Cesarean Section

NCT05646979 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: Inonu Universty, Malatya
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 53
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Since all the follow-up and care of the pregnant during the prenatal period are carried out by the midwives, the care provided by the midwives to the women during the prenatal period plays a key role for the woman to have a comfortable and healthy pregnancy. Midwives should take psychological approaches in order to reduce the negative feelings of women before cesarean section. Considering all these, it is thought that Emotional Freedom Technique, which does not require any invasive intervention, is inexpensive and easy to apply, will contribute to women's feeling better by reducing pre-cesarean anxiety, surgical fear and traumatic birth perception.

Conditions

Cesarean Section; Emotional Regulation; Surgery; Traumatic Birth

Keywords

Cesarean section; Emotional freedom technique; Surgery fear; Traumatic birth perception

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Subjective Units of Experience- (SUE)

  The negative 10 feel the greatest pain, disappointment, fear, stress, sadness, or discomfort imaginable. When it reaches Positive 10, the client feels very different and wonderful. The meanings of the ratings in this range change gradually. The scale has no cutoff score. It is interpreted according to the mean of the scores and its relevance to other variables.

  Each participant will be evaluated for 1 week.

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• Traumatic Birth Perception Scale

  It will be applied as a post-test 1 week after it is applied as a pre-test to the pregnants between 32-38 weeks included in the study.

• Surgical Fear Scale

  It will be applied as a post-test 1 week after it is applied as a pre-test to the pregnants between 32-38 weeks included in the study.

• State anxiety scale

  It will be applied as a post-test 1 week after it is applied as a pre-test to the pregnants between 32-38 weeks included in the study.

• Demographic Descriptive Data

  It will be obtained in 1 month at the beginning of the research.

Study Arms (2)

Experimental group

EXPERIMENTAL

EFT application will be applied to the women in the experimental group who will have a cesarean section at 32-38 weeks of gestation.

Behavioral: EFT group

Control group

NO INTERVENTION

Women in the control group who will have a cesarean section at 32-38 weeks of gestation will not be interfered with.

Interventions

EFT group BEHAVIORAL

EFT protocol will be applied to the women in the experimental group who will have a cesarean section at 32-38 weeks of gestation.

Experimental group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 49 Years
• Sex: female
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• years or older,
• at 32-38 weeks of gestation,
• Cesarean delivery planned,
• Not carrying any risk factors (preeclampsia, IUGG, premature rupture of membranes, getational diabetes, etc.) during pregnancy,
• Single pregnancy,
• Not having any problems (such as fetal anomaly, intrauterine growth retardation) related to the health of the fetus,
• Pregnant women who do not have conditions such as infection, wound, scar in the tapping areas.

You may not qualify if:

• Diagnosing a risky pregnancy during the research process,
• Participant's unwillingness to continue with the EFT protocol

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Inonu University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Malatya Training and Research Hospital

Malatya, Kayseri, 44000, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Emotional Regulation; Birth Injuries

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Self-Control; Social Behavior; Behavior; Infant, Newborn, Diseases; Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities; Wounds and Injuries

Study Officials

• Esra Karataş Okyay

  https://akademik.ksu.edu.tr/Default.aspx?kod=CfTMEAi69foG7wFizm48ztSNEmgmVjdANJTT1Xcj9gA=

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Zeliha Özşahin

  https://avesis.inonu.edu.tr/zeliha.ozsahin/bilimselfaaliyetler

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Pirincipal İnvestigator

Model Details: The randomized experiment was designed as a control study.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 4, 2022
• First Posted: December 12, 2022
• Study Start: December 31, 2023
• Primary Completion: June 30, 2024
• Study Completion: June 30, 2024
• Last Updated: September 22, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-09

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)