Effect of Emotion Freedom Technique on Perceived Stress, Resilience and Sexual Satisfaction Among Women After Mastectomy
NCT Number: NCT06583629
Status: COMPLETED
Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
Phases: NA
Conditions: Stress|Sexual Satisfaction|Mastectomy
Interventions: BEHAVIORAL: Emotional Freedom Technique
Sponsor: Helwan University
Sex: FEMALE
Age: ADULT
Enrollment: 112
Study Design: Allocation: NA|Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP|Masking: NONE|Primary Purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Start Date: 2024-01-15
Completion Date: 2024-07-21
Locations: Beni-Suef University Hospital, Banī Suwayf, Beni Suef, 2711860, Egypt

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.

Primary Outcome Measures: 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 Outcome Measures: Resilience, Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) which was developed Kathryn and Jonathan, (2003). The Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) comprises 25 items that measure resilience or capacity to change and cope with adversity. Respondents indicated their response on a 5-point Likert scale with higher scores indicating greater resilience. Scoring criteria: As for the scoring system of the CD-RISC contains 25 items, all of which carry a 5-point range of responses, as follows: not true at all (0), rarely true (1), sometimes true (2), often true (3), and true nearly all of the time (4). The scale is rated based on how the subject has felt over the past month. The total score ranges from 0-100, with higher scores reflecting greater resilience., 3 Months|Sexual Satisfaction, Sexual Satisfaction Index (SSI) which was developed by Leth-Nissen and colleagues, (2021). There were nine items in this edition of the SSI: five positive items (items 1, 2, 3, 8, and 9) and four negative ones (items 4, 5, 6, and 7). Every item is scored on a 5-point rating system, with the negative ratings being reversed and ranging from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree). The SSI's total score falls between 1 and 45. A greater level of sexual satisfaction is indicated by a higher sum score., 3 Months