Clinical trial · Interventional
The Effect of Emotional Freedom Techniques Application on Patients With Cancer Phobia
Principal Investigator, Assistant Professor Şerafettin OKUTAN, Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Bitlis Eren University
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
The aim is to examine the effect of Emotional Freedom Technique on death anxiety in patients with postoperative cancer phobia. The hypotheses of the study are as follows: H0: Emotional Freedom Technique has no effect on postoperative death anxiety in patients with cancer phobia. H1: Emotional Freedom Technique has a positive effect on postoperative death anxiety in patients with cancer phobia.
Conditions
Conditions (3)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Death Anxiety | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Emotion Regulation | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Postoperative Complications | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emotional Freedom Technique | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Intervention Group
- description
- After coming to the clinic after surgery and after their condition was stable, the patients were given the patient introduction form, subjective discomfort unit, cancer anxiety scale and death anxiety scale as a pre-test. The researchers provided EFT training to the patients and asked them to apply EFT. After an average of 3 days, the subjective discomfort unit, cancer anxiety scale and death anxiety scale were applied as a post-test.
- interventionNames
- Other: Emotional Freedom Technique
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- Control Group
- description
- After coming to the clinic after surgery and after their condition was stable, the patient introduction form, subjective discomfort unit, cancer anxiety scale and death anxiety scale were applied as a pre-test. No intervention was made to the control group patients outside the clinical protocol. After an average of 3 days, the subjective discomfort unit, cancer anxiety scale and death anxiety scale were applied as a post-test.
Primary outcomes (1)
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Being over 18 years of age, * Having had oncological surgery, * Having no visual or auditory problems, * Having no psychiatric problems. Exclusion Criteria: * Not accepting to participate in the study or wanting to leave, * Being under 18 years of age, * Having been previously diagnosed with cancer.
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