Marzban Arash, Akbari Mohammad, Moradi Mohsen, Fanian Nasrin
Department of Psychiatric Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
J Educ Health Promot. 2024 Apr 29;13:128. doi: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_609_23. eCollection 2024.
Family members are at the forefront of providing care to patients with chronic illnesses, such as heart failure (HF). Since patient caregiving can affect the mental and physical health of family caregivers, the implementation and training of new psychological interventions by nurses are considered important and necessary for family caregivers. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of emotional freedom techniques (EFTs) on anxiety and caregiver burden of family caregivers of patients with HF.
This study was a quasi-experimental study, in which 91 family caregivers participated. The family caregivers were assigned into two groups of intervention (n = 46) and control (n = 45). Data were collected using a demographic information form, Zung Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS), and Caregiver Burden Inventory (CBI) developed by Novak and Guest. The intervention group underwent EFT training within six sessions, while the control group received no training. Descriptive statistics (mean, standard deviation, and absolute and relative frequency) and inferential statistical tests such as Chi-square, Fisher's exact, and independent t-tests were run, and the data were analyzed by Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 23 software.
The findings showed that the intervention group had a significant improvement in reducing anxiety ( > 0.001). In addition, EFT significantly reduced caregiver burden among family caregivers of HF patients ( > 0.001).
EFT could significantly reduce anxiety and caregiver burden in family caregivers of patients with HF in our study. Therefore, nurses working in clinical settings are recommended to learn and use EFT to reduce the anxiety and caregiver burden of patients' family caregivers.
家庭成员处于为慢性疾病患者（如心力衰竭患者）提供护理的前沿。由于患者护理会影响家庭护理人员的身心健康，护士实施和培训新的心理干预措施被认为对家庭护理人员至关重要且必要。因此，本研究的目的是评估情绪自由技术（EFT）对心力衰竭患者家庭护理人员焦虑和护理负担的影响。
本研究为准实验性研究，91名家庭护理人员参与其中。家庭护理人员被分为干预组（n = 46）和对照组（n = 45）。使用人口统计学信息表、Zung自评焦虑量表（SAS）以及由诺瓦克和格斯特编制的护理负担量表（CBI）收集数据。干预组在六个疗程内接受EFT培训，而对照组未接受培训。进行描述性统计（均值、标准差以及绝对和相对频率）以及诸如卡方检验、费舍尔精确检验和独立t检验等推断性统计测试，并使用社会科学统计软件包（SPSS）23版软件对数据进行分析。
研究结果表明，干预组在减轻焦虑方面有显著改善（>0.001）。此外，EFT显著减轻了心力衰竭患者家庭护理人员的护理负担（>0.001）。
在我们的研究中，EFT可显著减轻心力衰竭患者家庭护理人员的焦虑和护理负担。因此，建议临床环境中的护士学习并使用EFT来减轻患者家庭护理人员的焦虑和护理负担。
