The Effect of the Emotional Freedom Technique Applied to Postmenopausal Women Before Probe Curettage on Pain, Anxiety and Vital Signs.

The Effect of the Emotional Freedom Technique Applied to Postmenopausal Women Before Probe Curettage on Pain, Anxiety and Vital Signs.

The aim of the study is to examine the effect of the emotional freedom technique applied to postmenopausal women before the probe curettage procedure on pain, anxiety and vital signs.

In this experimentally designed study, it was aimed to examine the effect of the emotional freedom technique applied to postmenopausal women before the probe curettage procedure on pain, anxiety and vital signs.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Those who are in menopause
• Do not have conditions such as infection, wound or scar in the tapping areas,
• Having no problem communicating in Turkish,
• Those who have not used any analgesic medication in the last 24 hours,
• Those who have not had probe curettage before,
• Volunteer to participate in the study,
• Not using any medication that directly affects vital signs,
• Does not have a disease that would cause problems in feeling pain,
• Not using antidepressants, anxiolytics and sedative agents.

Exclusion Criteria:

• • Those who are not in menopause

  • Women who have had probe curettage before
  • Their general condition deteriorates during the procedure or a different intervention is made with anesthesia,
  • Any complications developed during the procedure,
  • Those who experienced syncope during the procedure and the procedure was continued with general/local anesthesia,
  • Having a psychiatric problem,
  • Analgesic medication used during the procedure,
  • Having cognitive, affective, perceptual problems.