Emotional Freedom Technique in Early Pregnancy

Summary

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.

Conditions

• Nausea Gravidarum
• Anxiety
• Emotion Regulation
• Vomiting of Pregnancy

Interventions

OTHER

Emotional Freedom Technique

To the pregnant women in the experimental group; Emotional freedom technique was applied online with the researcher twice a week. The "release protocol of EFT" was taught to the participants and it was applied between the interviews made by the researcher. Whether the participant did the application or not was confirmed by phone and a homework schedule was used for smooth follow-up. * PUQE, PRAQ-2 tests will be applied before the intervention, * SUE and PUQE will be applied before and after each session, * After 2 sessions, post-test data will be obtained with PUQE, SUE, PRAQ-2.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Inonu University

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Zeliha OZSAHİN · https://www.inonu.edu.tr/akademik/zeliha.ozsahin

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex

FEMALE

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2022-04-01

Primary Completion

2022-06-30

Completion

2022-06-30

Countries

• Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations