Malatya Research Hospital, Malatya, Turkey.
Faculty of Nursing, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey.
J Perianesth Nurs. 2024 Feb;39(1):93-100. doi: 10.1016/j.jopan.2023.07.006. Epub 2023 Oct 6.
No studies have investigated the effect of the Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) on the surgical fears and anxieties of patients before laparoscopic cholecystectomy. This study aimed to determine the effect of EFT on patients' surgical fears and anxieties before laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
The research was conducted using a pretest, post-test, and randomized controlled experimental research design.
A total of 112 patients (56 in the intervention group and 56 in the control group) were included in the study. While routine care and treatment practices were applied to the control group, EFT was applied to the intervention group. A Patient Information Form, an Anxiety Specific to Surgery Questionnaire, a Surgical Fear Questionnaire, and Subjective Units of Disturbance (SUD) were used to collect the research data.
There was no significant difference between the groups in terms of descriptive and clinical features (P > .05). The post-test score averages of EFT group in the Surgical Fear Questionnaire, Anxiety Specific to Surgery Questionnaire, and SUD were significantly lower than in the control group (P < .001). The EFT significantly reduced the SUD scores of the patients by 54.4% (η = 0.544, P < .001).
EFT was found to be useful in clinical practice in the preoperative period, reducing surgery-specific anxiety and surgical fear. EFT can be recommended for application during the preoperative period in clinics.
尚无研究调查情绪自由疗法（EFT）对腹腔镜胆囊切除术患者术前手术恐惧和焦虑的影响。本研究旨在确定 EFT 对腹腔镜胆囊切除术患者术前手术恐惧和焦虑的影响。
本研究采用了预测试、后测试和随机对照实验设计。
共纳入 112 名患者（干预组 56 例，对照组 56 例）。对照组接受常规护理和治疗，干预组则接受 EFT。使用患者信息表、手术焦虑量表、手术恐惧量表和主观干扰单位（SUD）收集研究数据。
组间描述性和临床特征无显著差异（P>.05）。手术恐惧量表、手术焦虑量表和 SUD 的 EFT 组后测评分平均值明显低于对照组（P<.001）。EFT 显著降低了患者的 SUD 评分，降幅达 54.4%（η=0.544，P<.001）。
EFT 在术前期间的临床实践中被证明是有用的，可降低手术特异性焦虑和手术恐惧。EFT 可在临床实践中推荐用于术前阶段。
