Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) Applied to Postmenopausal Women on Sleep and Quality of Life

Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexFemale
Age45-64
SponsorAtaturk University

About this trial

The study will be conducted as a randomized controlled experimental study to determine the effects of the Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) applied to women in menopause on sleep quality and quality of life.

It will be conducted with 80 women between the ages of 45-64, registered in a family health center in a city in the east of Turkey, who have been in menopause for at least one year and volunteer to participate in the study.

EFT will be applied to the women to be included in the experimental group in the study once a week, a total of four times in a month.

The "Participant Information Form", "Utian Quality of Life Scale" and "Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Scale" prepared by the researchers in line with the literature information will be used in the collection of research data.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Volunteering to participate in the study,

Being able to read and write in Turkish,

Women between the ages of 45-64 who have not had menstrual bleeding for at least one year (women under the age of 65 who have entered natural menopause),

Not being diagnosed with a psychiatric disease,

Disqualifiers

Starting to use Hormone Replacement Therapy after starting the study,

Starting to use antidepressants, antihistamines, benzodiazepines, hypnotics and narcotics, etc.,

Starting to use any complementary and alternative medicine method,

Voluntarily leaving the study.

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Emotional Freedom Technique

Treatment groups

80 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups

Locations

This trial has no locations

Sponsors and collaborators