Clinical trial NCT04910516: Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) Effect on Nurses
Official title: Examining the Effect of "Emotional Freedom Technique" on Covid-19 Reasoned Fear and Anxiety Levels of Nurses Working in the Emergency Department
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Phase: NA
Conditions: Anxiety, Covid-19 Fear
Lead sponsor: Marmara University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2021-06-02
Enrollment: 88
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 65
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: It was aimed to measure the anxiety and covid-19 fears of the Emergency Department nurses. The number of people to be included in the study was determined to be working with 44 nurses in the experimental group and 44 nurses in the control group in the calculation made for a maximum 5% type I error and at least 80% power. The determination of the sample size and the creation of the Randomization Table was calculated using the "www.e-picos.com", NY New York, program.
Primary purpose: HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Brief summary: It has been planned to determine the effect of EFT, which effectiveness has been determined by the studies, on the covid-19 fear and anxiety experienced by the nurses working in the emergency department. The study was designed as a randomized controlled study with pre-test and post-test control group.

Detailed description: Although it has been a year since WHO declared an emergency, the covid-19 virus has mutated and the number of cases has started to increase again as of February 2021. The emergence of uncertainties in the risk of transmission of the mutant virus together with the simultaneous management of both the care process of pandemic patients and the patients who apply for emergency care and treatment in the emergency services increases the fear of the virus. The feeling of fear causes the person to become distracted and increase anxiety by focusing on the fact that he or she is under the threat of the virus. Recently, non-pharmacological techniques are widely used to reduce anxiety and fear. One of them is EFT. It is to examine the effects of EFT, which effectiveness has been determined with the studies carried out in this challenging process, on the covid-19 fear and high anxiety of emergency room nurses.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Not taking any courses about coping with anxiety and stress,
* Volunteering to participate in the study,
* The absence of infection, wound, scar in the tapping area

Exclusion Criteria:

* Having any psychiatric diagnoses

Primary outcomes:
measure: The subjective units of distress scale
timeFrame: After 7 days of EFT
measure: State-Trait Anxiety Inventory
timeFrame: After 7 days of EFT
measure: Coronavirus-19 Fear Scale
timeFrame: After 7 days of EFT
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Istanbul
country: Turkey
facility: Marmara University
state: Kadikoy
Study officials:
References:
citation: Sun N, Wei L, Shi S, Jiao D, Song R, Ma L, Wang H, Wang C, Wang Z, You Y, Liu S, Wang H. A qualitative study on the psychological experience of caregivers of COVID-19 patients. Am J Infect Control. 2020 Jun;48(6):592-598. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2020.03.018. Epub 2020 Apr 8.
citation: Clond M. Emotional Freedom Techniques for Anxiety: A Systematic Review With Meta-analysis. J Nerv Ment Dis. 2016 May;204(5):388-95. doi: 10.1097/NMD.0000000000000483.