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

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.

Intervention Group

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 Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) training to the patients and asked them to apply Emotional Freedom Technique. After an average of 3 days, the subjective discomfort unit, cancer anxiety scale and death anxiety scale were applied as a post-test.

Control Group

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.

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.