ArticleEClinicalMedicine2021
A randomised wait-list controlled trial to evaluate Emotional Freedom Techniques for self-reported cancer-related cognitive impairment in cancer survivors (EMOTICON).
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A Randomized Wait-list Controlled Trial on the Use of Emotional Freedom Techniques as an Intervention Strategy to Reduce Patient Reported Cognitive Complaints in Cancer Survivors on Behalf of the Belgian Society for Medical Oncology (BSMO)-Cancer Survivorship Taskforce
Targeting Fear of Cancer Recurrence in Cancer Survivors: a Multicentre Randomized Controlled Trial to Evaluate Internet-Based Emotional Freedom Techniques and Internet-Based Mindfulness Meditation as Intervention Strategies
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 22 citations in OpenAlex.
- Interventions promoting cognitive function in patients experiencing cancer related cognitive impairment: A systematic review.Psycho-oncology · 2023Pooled it
- Clinical EFT as an evidence-based practice for the treatment of psychological and physiological conditions: A systematic review.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Pooled it
- The Effect of Emotional Freedom Techniques on Death Anxiety and Cancer-Related Anxiety in Patients Undergoing Oncological Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Cancer medicine · 2026Trial
- The effect of emotional freedom technique on depressive and menopausal symptoms in postmenopausal women: randomized controlled trial.Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992) · 2026Trial
- The Managing Cancer and Living Meaningfully (CALM) Intervention Alleviates Chemotherapy-Related Cognitive Impairment in Patients with Breast Cancer by Modulating Pan-Immune-Inflammation Values.Integrative cancer therapiesTrial
- The Use of Tele-Music Interventions in Supportive Cancer Care: A Systematic Review.Brain sciences · 2025Review
- Targeting Fear of Cancer Recurrence with Internet-Based Emotional Freedom Techniques (iEFT) and Mindfulness Meditation Intervention (iMMI) (BGOG-gyn1b/REMOTE).Brain sciences · 2025Article
- The Effectiveness of Group and Individual Training in Emotional Freedom Techniques for Patients in Remission from Melanoma: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Joint association of depressive symptoms and dietary patterns with mortality among US cancer survivors: a population-based study.BMC cancer · 2025Article
- The Effectiveness of Emotional Freedom Techniques for Depressive Symptoms: A Meta-Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- The effect of emotional freedom techniques (EFT) on anxiety and caregiver burden of family caregivers of patients with heart failure: A quasi-experimental study.Journal of education and health promotion · 2024Article
- Practical Implementation of the Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment to Optimise Care for Older Adults with Cancer.Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Investigating the crosstalk between chronic stress and immune cells: implications for enhanced cancer therapy.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2023Review
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Abstract
backgroundCancer-related cognitive impairment (CRCI) is a prevalent source of comprised quality of life in cancer survivors. This study evaluated the efficacy of Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) on self-reported CRCI (sr-CRCI).
methodsIn this prospective multicentre randomised wait-list controlled study (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02771028), eligible cancer survivors had completed curative treatment, were 18 years or older and screened positive for sr-CRCI with ≥ 43 on the Cognitive Failures Questionnaire (CFQ). Participants were randomised to the immediate treatment group (ITG) or wait-list control (WLC) group, based on age (< or ≥ 65 years), gender, treatment (chemotherapy or not), and centre. The ITG started to apply EFT after inclusion and performed this for 16 weeks. The WLC group could only start the application of EFT after 8 weeks of waiting. Evaluations took place at baseline (T0), 8 weeks (T1) and 16 weeks (T2). The primary outcome was the proportion of patients with sr-CRCI according to the CFQ score.
findingsBetween October 2016 and March 2020, 121 patients were recruited with CFQ ≥ 43 indicating sr-CRCI. At T1, the number of patients scoring positive on the CFQ was significantly reduced in the ITG compared to the WLC group (40.8% vs. 87.3% respectively;
interpretationThis study provides evidence for the application of EFT for sr-CRCI in cancer survivors and suggests that EFT may be useful for other symptoms in cancer survivors.
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