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The effect of Emotional Freedom Techniques on nurses' stress, anxiety, and burnout levels during the COVID-19 pandemic: A randomized controlled trial.

Berna Dincer, Demet Inangil

3 registry-linked trialsAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Explore (New York, N.Y.). The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 3 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 69 papers, 16 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT06433544 nacompletednot on this map

Evaluating the Effects of Online Mindfulness Therapy on Pandemic Fatigue and Resilience Among Nurses in COVID-19 Quarantine Wards

TypeinterventionalSponsorChimei Medical CenterRan2022 to 2023Enrolled60ConditionsMindfulness, Nurses in COVID-19, Pandemic Fatigue, ResilienceArms6-week online mindfulness course
NCT06946888 nacompletednot on this map

Effects of Acupressure on Nurses' Psychological Distress, Anxiety, Depression, Job Stress, Occupational Burnout, and Resilience

TypeinterventionalSponsorKaohsiung Veterans General Hospital.Ran2024 to 2024Enrolled160ConditionsPsychological Distress, Anxiety, Depression, NursesArmsAcupressure
NCT07119138 narecruitingnot on this map

The Effect of Emotional Freedom Technique on State Exam Anxiety Levels of Nursing Students: A Randomized Controlled Trial

TypeinterventionalSponsorNecmettin Erbakan UniversityRan2025 to 2025Enrolled82ConditionsPre-Exam Anxiety, Emotional Freedom TechniqueArmsEmotional Freedom Technique
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

69 citing papers in PubMed, 16 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  2. Workplace Mental Health Programs for Healthcare Workers: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Berna DincerDeparment of Internal Medicine Nursing, Faculty of Health Science, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Istanbul, Turkey. Electronic address: berna.dincer@medeniyet.edu.tr.
Demet InangilFundamental of Nursing Department, Hamidiye Faculty of Nursing, University of Health Sciences, 38, Tıbbiye Street, Istanbul, Uskudar 34668, Istanbul, Turkey. Electronic address: demet.inangil@sbu.edu.tr.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND

objectiveInfectious disease outbreaks pose psychological challenges to the general population, and especially to healthcare workers. Nurses who work with COVID-19 patients are particularly vulnerable to emotions such as fear and anxiety, due to fatigue, discomfort, and helplessness related to their high intensity work. This study aims to investigate the efficacy of a brief online form of Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) in the prevention of stress, anxiety, and burnout in nurses involved in the treatment of COVID patients.

methodsThe study is a randomized controlled trial. It complies with the guidelines prescribed by the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) checklist. It was conducted in a COVID-19 department at a university hospital in Turkey. We recruited nurses who care for patients infected with COVID-19 and randomly allocated them into an intervention group (n = 35) and a no-treatment control group (n = 37). The intervention group received one guided online group EFT session.

resultsReductions in stress (p < .001), anxiety (p < .001), and burnout (p < .001) reached high levels of statistical significance for the intervention group. The control group showed no statistically significant changes on these measures (p > .05).

conclusionsA single online group EFT session reduced stress, anxiety, and burnout levels in nurses treating COVID-19.

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Acupuncture PointsInternet-Based InterventionAcupressureAdultAnxietyBurnout, ProfessionalCOVID-19FemaleHumansMaleNursesPilot ProjectsSARS-CoV-2Stress, PsychologicalTurkeyYoung Adult

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PMID33293201
PMCPMC7834511

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