Effect of Emotion Freedom Technique on Perceived Stress, Resilience and Sexual Satisfaction Among Women After Mastectomy

NCT06583629 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: FMBSUREC/03122023/ Mohamed
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 112
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

A quasi-experimental design was utilized, involving a convenient sample of 112 Egyptian mastectomized women. Data were collected and analyzed to determine the correlations between the variables of interest.

Conditions

Stress; Sexual Satisfaction; Mastectomy

Keywords

Emotional Freedom Technique; Stress; Resilience; Sexual satisfaction

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Perceived Stress

  Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10) which was developed by Cohen and colleagues, (1983). Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) is widely considered the gold standard instrument for measuring stress perception. This questionnaire is used to assess the degree to which a respondent finds circumstances in their life to be unpredictable, uncontrollable, and/or overwhelming. Questions on the PSS ask the respondent to rate their feelings and thoughts for the past month indicating that a relatively recent time frame is assessed. PSS designed to measure the degree to which situations in one's life are appraised as stressful. This version of the PPS had 10 items: four positive items (items 4, 5, 7, 8) and six negative items (items 1, 2, 3, 6, 9 and 10). Each item is scored on a 5-point scale, ranging from 0 (never) to 4 (very often). The positive elements' ratings are reversed, for example, 0=4, 1=3, 2=2, etc., and then summing across all 10 items, a higher score indicates more perceived stress.

  3 Months

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Resilience

  3 Months

• Sexual Satisfaction

  3 Months

Study Arms (1)

Enrolled participants

EXPERIMENTAL

Behavioral: Emotional Freedom Technique

Interventions

Emotional Freedom Technique BEHAVIORAL

EFT is a self-help technique that incorporates conscious awareness of thoughts and feelings with a gentle touch involving tapping with fingertips on acupuncture/acupressure points on the face, hands, and body. EFT also helps relieve primary physical and emotional symptoms. Gary Craig created EFT, which involved lightly tapping on the body on 12 acupressure sites (also known as acupoints). This acupoints are situated along the body's meridians, or virtual energy channels

Also known as: Tapping

Enrolled participants

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 20 Years - 49 Years
• Sex: female
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• absence of any psychiatric diagnoses
• no prior exposure to courses on emotional freedom techniques
• no chronic illnesses

You may not qualify if:

• previously psychiatric diagnosed women
• women with previous experiences with emotional freedom techniques
• Women with chronic illness

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Helwan University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Beni-Suef University Hospital

Banī Suwayf, Beni Suweif Governorate, 2711860, Egypt

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Mohamed AF, Hamed AEM, Mohamed SSA, Othman AA, El-Tawab NAA. Effect of nursing application of emotion freedom technique on perceived stress, resilience and sexual satisfaction among women after mastectomy. BMC Nurs. 2025 Apr 15;24(1):428. doi: 10.1186/s12912-025-02977-2.

  PMID: 40234881 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Orgasm

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Sexual Behavior; Behavior

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Lecturer of Psychiatric and Mental health Nursing

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 28, 2024
• First Posted: September 4, 2024
• Study Start: January 15, 2024
• Primary Completion: March 30, 2024
• Study Completion: July 21, 2024
• Last Updated: September 4, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-08

Locations

EG (1)