The Application of Emotion Release Technology in Anxiety Patients Before Daytime Thyroid Surgery

NCT06388005 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 2021-060
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 237
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Research methods 1 Data collection and evaluation tools

1. 1.The general data record sheet was self-designed by the research team, and the collected content included age, gender, BMI, occupation, general family status, economic situation, history of hypertension and cardiovascular diseases, history of anxiety and depression, self-rating anxiety scale (SAS) score, blood pressure and heart rate before and after intervention, disease diagnosis and severity, etc.
2. 2.The anxiety was self-scored using the VAS-A (0-10 points), with 0 point as no anxiety and 10 as severe anxiety.
3. 3.Negative emotional intensity was scored using the subjective unit of disturbance scale (SUDS, 0-10 points), with 0 point as no and 10 points as severe.
4. 4.Nursing satisfaction was scored by the self-designed questionnaire (1-5 points): 5 points, very satisfied; 4 points, relatively satisfied; 3 points, satisfied; 2 points, medium; 1 point, dissatisfied.
5. 5.Preparation stage The patients with VAS-A score ≥ 5 meeting the inclusion criteria were in a comfortable position with eyes closed, and adopted breathing exercise to relax their whole body. The patients were guided to summarize the main current distresses, such as fear, tension, pain, surgical prognosis, economic burden, etc., name the caused negative emotions, and use the SUDS to evaluate the intensity of negative emotions. The patients were asked to recite silently the prompt "Although I am very \*\* (a negative emotional word) now, I still deeply and completely love and accept myself" while tapping.
6. 6.Tapping stage The patients were guided to gently massage the sore points on both sides of the body (2-3 fingers below the midpoint of the clavicle) with their five fingers together in a clockwise direction, while silently reciting the prompt 3 times. Then, the patients were guided to close their index and middle fingers together and gently tap the Zanzhu, Tongziliao, Chengqi, Renzhong, Chengjiang, Shufu, Dabao and Baihui acupoints successively with their fingertips at 2-3 times/s and the force they can bear. The prompt was recited silently when tapping each acupoint. After 3-5 rounds of tapping, 3 deep breaths were taken to re-evaluate the intensity of negative emotions.
7. 7.Feedback stage After tapping, the patients communicated with the nurses at least once about their evaluated negative emotional intensity score and whether the score was accepted. If the tapping effect was not obvious, the evaluation was conducted by nurses, and the patients were guided to massage the sore points while silently reciting the prompt 3 times. To relieve reverse psychological drive, tapping was continued until the intensity of negative emotions reduced.

Conditions

Anxiety; Day Surgery; Preoperative Nursing Care; Emotional Freedom Technique

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• VAS-A score

  The anxiety was self-scored using the VAS-A (0-10 points), with 0 point as no anxiety and 10 as severe anxiety.

  before and 5 min after intervention

• hemodynamic and endocrine indicators

  Hemodynamic and endocrine indicators includes systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, and heart rate

  before and 5 min after intervention

• nursing satisfaction

  Nursing satisfaction was scored by the self-designed questionnaire (1-5 points): 5 points, very satisfied; 4 points, relatively satisfied; 3 points, satisfied; 2 points, medium; 1 point, dissatisfied.

  After nursing

Study Arms (2)

control group

NO INTERVENTION

experimental group

EXPERIMENTAL

Other: emotional freedom technique (EFT)

Interventions

emotional freedom technique (EFT) OTHER

The emotional freedom technique (EFT), founded by American scholar Gary Craig, is based on the methods of meridian science in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and Western psychology. Guided by the TCM theory of meridians, it quickly releases negative emotions by combining acupoint stimulation with neuro-linguistic programming, and its effectiveness has been confirmed by multiple studies.

experimental group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 64 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• age of 18-64 years;
• preoperative visual analog scale-anxiety (VAS-A) score (0-10 points) ≥ 5 points;
• patients volunteer to participate in this study and signing the informed consent.

You may not qualify if:

• mental disorders, disorders of consciousness;
• restricted movement of the upper limbs and hands;
• history of hypertension;
• severe complications of the heart, brain and kidney;
• history of anxiety, long-term use of anti-anxiety and anti-depression drugs.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital: lead

Study Sites (1)

Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital

Yantai, Shandong, 264000, China

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Anxiety Disorders

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Mental Disorders

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 9, 2024
• First Posted: April 29, 2024
• Study Start: March 1, 2022
• Primary Completion: July 31, 2022
• Study Completion: July 31, 2022
• Last Updated: April 29, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-04

Locations

CN (1)