The Effect of Emotional Freedom Technique on Premenstrual Syndrome
NCT Number: NCT06557070
Status: RECRUITING
Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
Phases: NA
Conditions: Premenstrual Syndrome|Emotional Freedom Technique|Nursing Caries
Interventions: OTHER: The Emotional Freedom Technique
Sponsor: Dokuz Eylul University
Sex: FEMALE
Age: ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Enrollment: 75
Study Design: Allocation: RANDOMIZED|Intervention Model: PARALLEL|Masking: SINGLE (PARTICIPANT)|Primary Purpose: PREVENTION
Start Date: 2023-11-01
Completion Date: 2024-12-31
Locations: Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Nursing, Izmir, 35140, Turkey

Summary:
Introduction: Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) is a condition that occurs in the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle and affects women's lives physically, psychologically and behaviorally, starting approximately five days before menstruation and decreasing spontaneously a few days later.

Purpose: This research is planned to examine the effect of the Emotional Freedom Technique on the experience of premenstrual syndrome and menstrual symptoms and the quality of life of nursing students with premenstrual syndrome.

Method: The research will be conducted with first, second, third and fourth year female students studying at Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Nursing. Diagnostic information form, premenstrual syndrome scale, menstruation symptom scale, SF-12 quality of life scale and subjective danger units will be collected via Google form. SUD Scale will be applied. The research is designed with experimental and control groups, and it is found that a total of 70 female students are needed, 35 in the experimental group and 35 in the control group. PMSS analysis will be performed and students who score over 132 points and meet the inclusion criteria will be numbered in the order of filling out the survey, and randomization will be done using the "Random Sequence Generator" through www.random.org, which provides computer-assisted randomization, and experimental and control groups will be created. Simple randomization will be applied to keep the control and experimental groups equal. To ensure blinding in the study, randomization will be carried out by someone other than the researchers. A total of 8 sessions of Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) will be applied to the experimental group, once a week. No application other than the scales will planned for the control group.

Primary Outcome Measures: Personal Information Form, The Personal Information Form is a form consisting of 22 questions regarding socio-demographic characteristics, lifestyle and menstrual history, created by the researcher using the relevant literature in order to obtain the data of the female students to be included in the research and to perform randomization effectively., Before the EFT application
Secondary Outcome Measures: Premenstrual Syndrome Scale (PMSS), It is a scale that aims to describe premenstrual symptoms and measure the severity of symptoms. Answers to the items on the scale are marked taking into account the situation of "being within the week before menstruation" as stated in the instructions. Scale, depressive affect , anxiety , fatigue , irritability , depressive thoughts , pain , appetite changes , It consists of nine subscales: sleep changes and bloating . The scale score is determined by the score obtained from the sub-dimensions. This score is called the "PMSÖ total score" and the lowest score that can be obtained is 44 and the highest score is 220. Increasing the scale score means increasing symptoms., Before and 3 months after the EFT application trial
Other Outcome Measures: Menstruation Symptom Scale (MSS), It was developed to evaluate menstrual pain and symptoms. Participants are asked to give a number between 1 (never) and 5 (always) to the symptoms they experience related to menstruation. 1-13. Items belong to the "Negative effects/somatic complaints" subscale, items 14-19. The items refer to the "Menstrual pain symptoms" subscale and items 20-22. The items belong to the "Coping methods" sub-dimension. It is a five-point Likert type scale consisting of 22 items. The score obtained from the sub-dimensions is calculated by taking the total score average of the items in the sub-dimensions. An increase in the mean score for sub-dimensions indicates that the severity of menstrual symptoms related to that sub-dimension has increased., Before and 3 months after the EFT application trial|Subjective Units of Distress Scale (SUDS), During the subjective evaluation, the individual considers the discomfort he/she feels in response to the stimulus that causes his/her anxiety as "0" as "no discomfort" and "10" as "unbearable discomfort" and scores his/her discomfort on a scale between 0-10. A high score means that the level of anxiety or stress felt by the individual is high., Before and 3 months after the EFT application trial