EFT and Music on Psychological Development, Well-Being Status and Cortisol Level in Pregnant Women

The Effect of Emotional Freedom Technique and Music, Applied to Pregnant Women Having Experienced Prenatal Loss on Psychological Development, Well-Being Status and Cortisol Levels

Emotional freedom technique and music were applied to pregnant women who experienced prenatal loss. Emotional freedom technique group, music group and control groups each consisted of 53 pregnant women.

Aim: The research is conducted to determine for the purpose of the effect of emotional freedom technique and music applied to pregnant women having experienced prenatal loss on psychological development, well-being status, and cortisol level.

Material and Method: The research is conducted in a randomized controlled manner with a total of 159 pregnant women who applied to the gynecology outpatient clinics of Elazig Fethi Sekin City Hospital between October 2020 and April 2021 (53 EFT, 53 music, 53 control). In the research, EFT was applied to the pregnant women in the EFT group twice, with an interval of one week; pregnant women in the music group were listened to music twice, with a one-week interval. Pregnant women continued the attempts for one week after the first attempt. SUDS, SUE Scale, PTGI, WHO-5 WellBeing Index were used to collect data, and a saliva sample was taken.

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Anxiety level is 1 and above when measured with the subjective discomfort unit scale (Appendix 3),
2. 18 years old and over,
3. There are no conditions such as infection, wound, scar in the tapping areas,
4. All pregnant women who did not have any health problems (such as preeclampsia, diabetes, heart disease, placenta previa, oligohydramnios, fetal anomaly) during pregnancy and baby were included in the sample.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Having any problem that prevents communication (such as not knowing Turkish, having hearing, speaking and understanding abilities),
2. Contaminated salivary cortisol,
3. Those with psychiatric health problems according to their medical records were excluded from the study.