Emotional Freedom Liberation Technique, Surgical Fear and Anxiety

The Effect of Emotional Freedom Liberation Technique on Surgical Fear and Anxiety Applied to Patients Before Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT05359458

Enrollment

112

Registered

2022-05-03

Start date

2021-08-01

Completion date

2022-01-30

Last updated

2022-05-03

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Conditions

Emotional Distress

Keywords

surgery, anxiety

Brief summary

Aim: In this study, the effect of Emotional Freedom Technique applied to patients before Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy on surgical fear and anxiety was investigated. Design: This is a randomized controlled study. Method: A total of 112 patients who were going to have Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy were randomly divided into two groups each including 56 participants. The intervention group was provided with Emotional Freedom Technique. The control group received routine face-to-face education. Surgical fear and anxiety were examined.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALEmotional Freedom Liberation Technique

The investigators will apply Emotional Freedom Liberation Technique

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

DOUBLE (Subject, Investigator)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 65 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Clinical treatment for Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy * 18 years of age or older * Mentally healthy

Exclusion criteria

* Agree to participate in the study

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Surgical Fear Scale	through study completion, an average of 5 month	Surgical Fear Scale will be filled in the preoperative period. ll items are scored on an eleven point numeric rating scale (NRS) ranging from 0 (not at all afraid) to 10 (very afraid). This results in a score of 0-40 for each subscale and a total score of 0 to 80.

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Anxiety Scale	through study completion, an average of 5 month	Anxiety scale will be filled in the preoperative period. The scale consists of 10 statements that include the fears that patients may experience about the surgery. The maximum score that can be obtained from the scale is 50. High scores in scale scoring reflect concerns about pain, death during surgery, and postoperative complications and limitations.

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026