Jameela S, Thapa Kristo S
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecological Nursing, Saveetha College of Nursing, SIMATS, Thandalam, Tamil Nadu, India.
J Pharm Bioallied Sci. 2024 Jul;16(Suppl 3):S2874-S2876. doi: 10.4103/jpbs.jpbs_551_24. Epub 2024 Jul 18.
Anxiety is an unpleasant feeling that is typically associated with uneasiness, fear, or worry. It is a normal human emotion that everyone experiences at times many people feel anxious or nervous, when faced with a problem at work, before making an important decision. Anxiety in extreme form, may cause distress which interferes with a person's ability to lead a normal life.
This Study aims is to assess the effectiveness of Emotional Freedom Techniques on Anxiety Among Wives of Alcoholics.
A quasi-experimental nonequivalent research design with a nonprobability sampling technique was used to conduct a study among 30 wives of alcoholic patients. A generalized anxiety disorder scale (7-point scale) was used to assess the level of anxiety among alcoholic wives. Confidentiality was maintained throughout the research. The data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics and inferential statistics.
The result shows that in the pretest, 70 (70%) had no anxiety, 12 (12%) had mild anxiety, and 18 (18%) had moderate anxiety whereas in the post-test, 85 (85%) had no anxiety, 13 (13%) had mild anxiety, and 2 (2%) had moderate anxiety among wives of alcoholics.
This study revealed that among wives of alcoholics, a significant proportion had anxiety about the alcoholic spouse by Emotional freedom techniques.
焦虑是一种不愉快的情绪，通常与不安、恐惧或担忧有关。它是一种正常的人类情感，每个人都会时不时地经历。许多人在工作中遇到问题时，或在做出重要决定之前，会感到焦虑或紧张。极端形式的焦虑可能会导致痛苦，干扰一个人正常生活的能力。
本研究旨在评估情绪释放疗法对酗酒者妻子焦虑情绪的有效性。
采用非概率抽样技术的准实验非等效研究设计，对30名酗酒患者的妻子进行研究。使用广泛性焦虑障碍量表（7分制）评估酗酒者妻子的焦虑程度。在整个研究过程中保持保密性。数据采用描述性统计和推断性统计进行分析。
结果显示，在预测试中，70名（70%）无焦虑，12名（12%）有轻度焦虑，18名（18%）有中度焦虑；而在酗酒者妻子的后测试中，85名（85%）无焦虑，13名（13%）有轻度焦虑，2名（2%）有中度焦虑。
本研究表明，在酗酒者的妻子中，很大一部分人通过情绪释放疗法对酗酒配偶存在焦虑情绪。
