NCT05337852

Emotional Freedom Technique in Early Pregnancy

Completed NA Last updated 25 August 2023

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Emotional Freedom Technique in Nausea Gravidarum in 110 participants. Completed in 30 June 2022.

Timeline

1 April 2022

Primary endpoint
30 June 2022

30 June 2022

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Inonu University
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	none
Primary purpose	prevention
Enrollment	110
Start date	1 April 2022
Primary completion	30 June 2022
Estimated completion	30 June 2022
Sites	1 location across Turkey (Türkiye)

Drugs / interventions tested

• Emotional Freedom Technique

Conditions studied

• Nausea Gravidarum — all drugs for Nausea Gravidarum →
• Anxiety — all drugs for Anxiety →
• Emotion Regulation — all drugs for Emotion Regulation →
• Vomiting of Pregnancy — all drugs for Vomiting of Pregnancy →

Sponsor

Inonu University

Who can join

Eligibility, female only, with Nausea Gravidarum or Anxiety. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

One of the most common discomforts in early pregnancy is nausea and vomiting. Although its etiology is not known exactly, it affects an average of 50-90% of pregnant women. The severity of nausea-vomiting can vary from person to person, as well as in different pregnancies of the woman. The severity of nausea-vomiting is affected by hormonal, psychological and social factors. Adaptation to pregnancy, spouse relations, future anxiety and social support perception in nausea and vomiting experienced during early pregnancy affect women negatively and cause anxiety. The severity of nausea and vomiting also increases due to anxiety. As the severity of nausea-vomiting increases, the search for solutions to this situation and their applications to health institutions increase. Many non-pharmacological methods (respiratory exercises, acupuncture, acupressure, etc.) are used in treatment, as well as hydration, rest and pharmacological agents. One of these methods is the emotional liberation technique, which is included in cognitive behavioral therapies. This method basically treats the person physiologically and psychologically as a whole, similar to other cognitive behavioral therapies, unless there is a physiological disorder. It is aimed to reach a solution by raising awareness for the emotion felt, avoiding negative emotions and focusing on affirmations to replace them. Emotional liberation technique is an easy-to-apply and fast-solving technique in cases recorded in the subconscious with negative emotions and in the treatment of stress disorders in general. No use of emotional liberation technique has been found in the literature for the severity of nausea-vomiting and anxiety experienced during early pregnancy. Therefore, it is thought that this study will contribute to the literature. In addition, it is thought that this method will enrich midwifery interventions as a non-pharmacological method applied to pregnant women in the treatment of nausea-vomiting and anxiety, because this method is fast and practical, and the result is easy to reach.

The aim of this study is to determine the effect of emotional liberation technique applied during early pregnancy on nausea and vomiting severity and anxiety.

Publications & conference data

No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial. Completed trials usually publish results within 12-18 months.