An interventional study of EFT Group:Emotional Free Technıcal in Sleep Quality, sponsored by Bezmialem Vakif University. Status unknown at 1 site in Turkey (Türkiye). Open to participants aged 18 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-05-30.
Sponsored by Bezmialem Vakif University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Prevention
The purpose of this clinical study is to determine whether the application of EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) is effective in reducing sleep problems among university students. Additionally, the study aims to gather information on the safety of EFT application. The primary questions it seeks to answer are:
Does EFT application reduce sleep problems among university students? Is EFT application feasible for addressing sleep problems in university students? Researchers will compare the effectiveness of EFT to traditional sleep education on non-pharmacological interventions for preventing sleep problems among university students.
Participants:
Pre-EFT application survey scale questions will be asked to university students.
EFT will be applied once by the researcher to university students. EFT will be applied a second time by the researcher to university students 15 days after the initial application.
For control, the same survey scale questions will be asked to the same students one day after the EFT application for post-test purposes.
The same procedures will be applied in the same manner to the control group that will receive education.
DATA COLLECTION TOOLS AND THEIR FEATURES For data collection, a questionnaire including socio-demographic characteristics, the Insomnia Severity Index, the Epworth Sleepiness Scale, and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index will be used.
Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) The PSQI\& index comprises 18 items grouped into 7 component scores. Each item is evaluated on a scale of 3 points. The sum of the seven component scores provides the total PSQI score, ranging from 0 to 21. Higher total scores indicate poorer sleep quality. A total PSQI score of 0-4 signifies good sleep quality, while scores between 5-21 indicate poor sleep quality.
indicates and shows a serious deterioration in at least two components or moderate deterioration in three components of the PSQI.
The sleep education content will be prepared by the researcher based on the literature and will be reviewed by at least three experts.
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This study's planned enrollment of 74 is close to the median of 72 across 1,689 interventional studies indexed under Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders.
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The young individuals in the intervention group will be informed about the study, including its purpose and methodology, and their consent will be obtained. Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) will be applied to groups of 20 individuals to improve sleep quality, and all scales will be administered beforehand. EFT will be applied twice, with a 15-day interval between sessions, and the same scale questionnaires will be administered again after the second EFT session. Subsequently, the analysis will be conducted.
Behavioral: EFT Group:Emotional Free Technıcal
The young individuals in the control group will be informed about the study, including its purpose and methodology, and their consent will be obtained. The control group will receive sleep education, consisting of two educational presentations provided 15 days apart. The questionnaires of the scales used for analysis will be administered to assess their sleep problems. The content of the education will be prepared based on the literature and will be reviewed by at least three experts.
The young individuals in the intervention group will be informed about the study, including its purpose and methodology, and their consent will be obtained. Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) will be applied to groups of 20 individuals to improve sleep quality, and all scales will be administered beforehand. EFT will be applied twice, with a 15-day interval between sessions, and the same scale questionnaires will be administered again after the second EFT session. Subsequently, the analysis will be conducted.
Also known as: emotional free technıcal
Insomnia Severity Index Scale
This scale is a seven-item, five-point Likert-type scale. Each item is scored between 0 and 4, with the total score ranging from 0 to 28. Scores of 0-7 indicate no clinically significant insomnia, 8-14 indicate subthreshold insomnia, 15-21 indicate clinical insomnia (moderate severity), and 22-28 indicate severe clinical insomnia
Time frame: 1 months
Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS)
The ESS is a four-point Likert-type scale. Each item is scored 0, 1, 2, or 3, with higher scores indicating greater daytime sleepiness. It aims to measure the general level of daytime sleepiness and is a simple self-report tool.
Time frame: 1 months
Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS)
The FSS consists of 9 questions measuring the degree of fatigue experienced in the past week. Each question is rated on a scale from 0 (strongly disagree) to 7 (strongly agree), and the total score is the sum of these ratings. The highest possible total score is 63. A score of 36 or above indicates significant fatigue.
Time frame: one month
Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI)
The index comprises 18 items grouped into 7 component scores. Each item is evaluated on a scale of 3 points. The sum of the seven component scores provides the total PSQI score, ranging from 0 to 21. Higher total scores indicate poorer sleep quality. A total PSQI score of 0-4 signifies good sleep quality, while scores between 5-21 indicate poor sleep quality. indicates and shows a serious deterioration in at least two components or moderate deterioration in three components of the PSQI.
Time frame: one month
Plan to share: Undecided
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Start is estimated for Jun 2024; primary completion for Aug 2024, 2 months later.
Of 825 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders, half reached primary completion within 20 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 9 and three quarters within 41. This study's planned 2 months is below that.
Counting every sponsor, half of 883 studies reached it within 19 months; a quarter within 7 and three quarters within 39.
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