Emotion Regulation, Self Efficacy, Stress
Conditions
Keywords
Emotion Regulation, Stress, Self Efficacy, Nursing Student
Brief summary
The study was conducted to determine the effect of Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) on perceived stress and general self-efficacy in obstetrics and gynecology nursing lesson in undergraduate nursing students with fear of birth. The samples were applied to undergraduate nursing students satisfying the research criteria in a state university nursing faculty in Konya at November 2022.
Detailed description
The study was designed to be randomly controlled. Block randomization method was used to determine the intervention and control groups. Randomization was done by a biostatistician outside the researcher. 50 nursing students were randomly assigned to the intervention and control groups. The study was carried out in three stages with three EFT applications, applied for approximately 20-30 minutes, at 7-day intervals. In the first stage, students who met the inclusion criteria were identified by interviewing students who thought they had a fear of childbirth. After informed consent was obtained from the students and pretest data were collected, they were randomly assigned to intervention and control groups. EFT application was applied to those in the intervention group. No intervention was made for the control group. Data was collected twice for the intervention group, before the first EFT application (pretest) and after the last EFT application (posttest). The control group was also tested at the first interview and again 3 weeks later. The applications were carried out face to face with the students as a group. For the collection of research data, Descriptive Information Form, General Self-Efficacy (GSE) Scale, Perceived Stress Scale and The Subjective Units of Distress (SUD) Scale were used.
Interventions
OTHEREmotional Freedom Technique
Emotional freedom techniques is a psychophysiological intervention that combines psychological methods from traditional therapies with somatic stimulation. EFT involves tapping acupuncture points to desensitize negative emotions by focusing on the emotion.
Sponsors
Selcuk University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Intervention model description
The study was designed to be randomly controlled.
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
18 Years to 40 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Female students who were taking the Obstetrics and Gynecology Nursing course at the Faculty of Nursing, who volunteered to participate in the study, and who thought they had a fear of childbirth were included in the study.
Exclusion criteria
* Female students who did not take the Obstetrics and Gynecology Nursing course at the Faculty of Nursing, did not volunteer to participate in the study, and did not think they had a fear of childbirth were not included in the study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| General Self-Efficacy Scale | Change from The General Self-Efficacy Scale at three weeks | The scale consists of 10 items. It is scored between 1-4 and the lowest 10 and the highest 40 points can be obtained. |
| Perceived Stress Scale | Change from The Perceived Stress Scale at three weeks | The scale consists of 14 items. It is scored between 0-4 and the lowest 0 and the highest 56 points can be obtained. |
| The Subjective Units of Distress Scale | Change from The Subjective Units of Distress Scale at three weeks | It is an 11-point scale commonly used as a subjective verbal rating of discomfort, where 0 indicates absence of discomfort and 10 indicates that it is intolerable. |
Countries
Turkey (Türkiye)
Outcome results
None listed