Ignite Creation Date:
2024-05-06 @ 6:42 PM
Last Modification Date:
2024-10-26 @ 2:53 PM
Study NCT ID:
NCT05758636
Status:
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Last Update Posted:
2023-03-07
First Post:
2023-03-04
Brief Title:
The Effect of Emotional Freedom Technique on Anxiety Levels of Nurses Caring for COVID19 Patients
Sponsor:
Marmara University
Organization:
Marmara University
Study Overview
Official Title:
The Effect of Emotional Freedom Technique on Anxiety Levels of Nurses Who Care for COVID19 Patients During the Pandemic Process
Status:
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Status Verified Date:
2023-03
Last Known Status:
None
Delayed Posting:
No
If Stopped, Why?:
Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access:
False
If Expanded Access, NCT#:
N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status:
N/A
Acronym:
None
Brief Summary:
It is very important to protect and improve the physical mental and social health of nurses especially in the event that nurses frequently encounter patients diagnosed or suspected of COVID-19 and are exposed to the virus for a long time due to the long duration of care increasing cases and the death of their colleagues Que et al 2020 Current researches have made it necessary for nurses to have difficulties in effectively coping with the anxiety experienced in the COVID-19 pandemic which has affected the whole world and to apply new effective methods as their training includes effective coping methods Feinstein and Church 2010 There are studies that are effective in reducing stress and anxiety such as meditation yoga and breathing therapies which are recommended to prevent the increase in stress and anxiety levels that may occur in nurses by evaluating the experienced situations Labrague et al 2020 Vieta et al 2020 In addition to these applications it is seen that Emotional Freedom Technique EFT has been increasingly used recently in controlling and reducing anxiety Hartmann 2016 EFT is a type of energy-based psychotherapy that combines the components of Western psychology and Eastern medicine applied to eliminate negative thoughts and feelings and problems related to emotions İnangil et al 2020 Church 2013 Although the EFT technique is used in many different areas today its effect on the level of anxiety in nurses during the COVID-19 process is not yet known As a result to evaluate the effect of EFT whose positive results have been proven by many studies on the anxiety level of nurses caring for COVID-19 patients
Detailed Description:
It is very important to protect and improve the physical mental and social health of nurses in the event that they are exposed to the virus for a long time due to the frequent encounters with patients diagnosed or suspected of COVID-19 and the long duration of care increasing cases and the death of their colleagues Que et al 2020 Current researches have made it necessary for nurses to have difficulties in effectively coping with the anxiety experienced in the COVID-19 pandemic which has affected the whole world and to apply new effective methods as their training includes effective coping methods Feinstein and Church 2010 It is very important to protect and improve the physical mental and social health of nurses especially in the event that nurses frequently encounter patients diagnosed or suspected of COVID-19 and are exposed to the virus for a long time due to the long duration of care increasing cases and the death of their colleagues Que et al 2020 Current researches have made it necessary for nurses to have difficulties in effectively coping with the anxiety experienced in the COVID-19 pandemic which has affected the whole world and to apply new effective methods as their training includes effective coping methods Feinstein and Church 2010 There are studies that are effective in reducing stress and anxiety such as meditation yoga and breathing therapies which are recommended to prevent the increase in stress and anxiety levels that may occur in nurses by evaluating the experienced situations Labrague et al 2020 Vieta et al 2020 In addition to these applications it is seen that Emotional Freedom Technique EFT has been increasingly used recently in controlling and reducing anxiety Hartmann 2016 EFT is a type of energy-based psychotherapy that combines the components of Western psychology and Eastern medicine applied to eliminate negative thoughts and feelings and problems related to emotions İnangil et al 2020 Church 2013 In the process of providing effective care to COVID-19 cases nurses fulfill the requirements of their profession with their ability to anticipate some unforeseen problems created by the workplace environment and to solve these problems Due to the challenging process that emerged with the pandemic the treatment and care of their patients as well as meeting many urgent needs left nurses in a difficult situation Labrague et al 2020 Vieta et al 2020 It is very important that nurses who provide services effectively and in a competitive way during the pandemic can protect their physical mental and social health Chirico et al 2020 Although the EFT technique is used in many different areas today its effect on the level of anxiety in nurses during the COVID-19 process is not yet known As a result to evaluate the effect of EFT whose positive results have been proven by many studies on the anxiety level of nurses caring for CO
Study Oversight
Has Oversight DMC:
None
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?:
False
Is a FDA Regulated Device?:
False
Is an Unapproved Device?:
None
Is a PPSD?:
None
Is a US Export?:
None
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?:
None