Coronary Arterial Disease (CAD)NCT06839625
The Effect of Emotional FreedomTechnique on Postoperative Pain, Pain Belief and Anxiety in Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Planned Patients
A study testing emotional freedom technıque in people with Coronary Arterial Disease (CAD) and Surgery (Cardiac), run by Ondokuz Mayıs University at 2 sites in Turkey (Türkiye).
Trial summary
When the literature is examined, there is almost no application of EFT on surgical patients. In a quasi-experimental study conducted by Kalroozi et al. (2022) with 70 women who underwent breast cancer surgery and received complementary treatment, the effect of EFT on sleep quality and happiness level was investigated. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and older
- Conditions the study is for
- Coronary Arterial Disease (CAD), Surgery (Cardiac), Emotional Freedom Technique
- What is being tested?
- emotional freedom technıque
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 66 participants
- Where
- 2 sitesTurkey (Türkiye)
- Study dates
- 12 Feb 2025to 30 Jan 2026
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 years and older
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Over 18 years old
- No infections, sores in the touch areas
- No psychiatric medication
- No hearing and vision problems
- Stable vital parameters
Who cannot join
- Patients undergoing re-operation
- Postoperative complications (bleeding, delirium, arrhythmia, etc.)
- Reintubation after extubation
- Drug and stimulant users
- Sedated for more than 24 hours
- Patients unstable for more than 24 hours
Trial locations and contacts
2 sites in 1 country.
Turkey (Türkiye)2 sites
Ondokuz Mayıs Unıversity
Samsun, Atakum
Samsun Training and Research Hospital
Samsun, İlkadım
About this study
When the literature is examined, there is almost no application of EFT on surgical patients. In a quasi-experimental study conducted by Kalroozi et al. (2022) with 70 women who underwent breast cancer surgery and received complementary treatment, the effect of EFT on sleep quality and happiness level was investigated. Six sessions of EFT were applied to the control group. A statistically significant difference was found between the intervention and control groups in sleep quality and happiness scores before and after the intervention. In a randomised controlled study conducted by Menevşe et al. (2024) examining the effect of EFT applied to patients before laparoscopic cholecystectomy on surgical fear and anxiety, 56 patients were included in the control and 56 patients in the intervention group. While routine care and treatment practices were applied to the control group, EFT was applied to the intervention group. EFT application was continued for three rounds and approximately 25-30 minutes. As a result of the study, it was found that EFT was useful in clinical practice in the preoperative period and reduced surgical anxiety and surgical fear. In a quasi-experimental study involving 108 people in which the effects of EFT and music on anxiety and vital signs were examined before lumbar disc herniation surgery, it was found that both music and EFT reduced anxiety and regulated vital signs before surgery, and EFT was more effective than music in regulating anxiety and respiratory rate. In previous studies, pain, pain belief and anxiety in surgical patients have not been examined together. It is thought that the study will have a positive effect on the patient outcomes (anxiety, pain, pain belief) of patients undergoing CABG, thus increasing the holistic approach in the care of patients and having a positive effect on the quality of life of individuals.
Read the detailed description
Cardiovascular diseases are among the most important causes of mortality and morbidity rates occurring in the world and in our country every year despite the developing technology and treatment methods (1).When the Death and Cause of Death statistics of the Turkish Statistical Institute for 2023 are examined, it is seen that the mortality rate due to circulatory system diseases is 33.4% (2).In the treatment of heart diseases, surgical treatment is frequently preferred in addition to medical treatment. The most commonly used surgical method is open heart surgery (1).Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) surgery provides re-blooding, oxygenation and nutrition of the non-blooded heart tissue by using artery or vein between the aorta in cases of stenosis or occlusion in the structure of the coronary vessels. CABG is a frequently used method in the world and in our country (3). Regardless of the source of surgical intervention, it causes anxiety in patients. When the literature is examined, it is seen that anxiety is experienced in the majority of surgical patients (4). Fear of death and the unknown, complications that may develop after surgery, pain, loss of organ and independence are among the main causes of anxiety (4). In a study in which anxiety levels of patients who will undergo open heart surgery were examined, preoperative anxiety level was found to be 55.80% (5).The vital importance of the heart increases the fear of death and forms the basis of anxiety in the preoperative and postoperative period (1). In the review, it was found that there were descriptive studies on preoperative anxiety of CABG patients (6, 7, 8, 9), and intervention studies were mostly performed in the form of scent sniffing (10), acupressure (11) music therapy (12,13,14) education (13,15,16); emotional freedom technique was not used.
- Being tested
- emotional freedom technıque
- Keywords
- coroner arter bypass greft, pain, pain beliefs, anxiety, emotional freedom technique
- Medical subject headings
- Pain, Anxiety Disorders
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
emotional freedom technıqueBehavioural
Also called EFT
EFT application
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Control | No intervention | routine care |
| Experimental group | Experimental | Emotional freedom technique Receives: Behavioral: emotional freedom technıque |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
VAS scale
Pain
Measured: Pre-test before surgery; post-test 24-48 hours after surgery
Pain Belief Scale
Pain belief
Measured: Pre-test before surgery; post-test 24-48 hours after surgery
State Anxiety Scale
Anxiety
Measured: Pre-test before surgery; post-test 24-48 hours after surgery
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted21 Feb 2025
- Study start12 Feb 2025
- Primary completion31 Aug 2025
- Study completion30 Jan 2026
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Coronary Arterial Disease (CAD)Studies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by Ondokuz Mayıs UniversityThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Supportive care
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Model description
- Emotional Freedom Technique
- Masking
- Single blind
- Who is masked
- Outcomes assessor
- Enrolment
- 66 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Ondokuz Mayıs University
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Samsun Education and Research Hospital
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Özge İşeri, Ondokuz Mayıs University
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06839625
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- E-26521195-604.01-262284337
- Other IDs
- Ondokuz Mayıs University
- Status last verified
- Feb 2025
- First submitted
- 12 Feb 2025
- Last updated
- 11 May 2026
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- Undecided: This is a master thesis. sharing can be done at the end of the study
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 11 May 2026. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- The Effect of Emotional FreedomTechnique on Postoperative Pain, Pain Belief and Anxiety in Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Planned Patients
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06839625
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- E-26521195-604.01-262284337
- Keywords
- coroner arter bypass greft, pain, pain beliefs, anxiety, emotional freedom technique
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 66 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Ondokuz Mayıs UniversityUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Samsun Education and Research Hospital
- Study start
- 12 Feb 2025 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 31 Aug 2025 (actual)
- Study completion
- 30 Jan 2026 (actual)
- First posted
- 21 Feb 2025 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
When the literature is examined, there is almost no application of EFT on surgical patients. In a quasi-experimental study conducted by Kalroozi et al. (2022) with 70 women who underwent breast cancer surgery and received complementary treatment, the effect of EFT on sleep quality and happiness level was investigated. Six sessions of EFT were applied to the control group. A statistically significant difference was found between the intervention and control groups in sleep quality and happiness scores before and after the intervention. In a randomised controlled study conducted by Menevşe et al. (2024) examining the effect of EFT applied to patients before laparoscopic cholecystectomy on surgical fear and anxiety, 56 patients were included in the control and 56 patients in the intervention group. While routine care and treatment practices were applied to the control group, EFT was applied to the intervention group. EFT application was continued for three rounds and approximately 25-30 minutes. As a result of the study, it was found that EFT was useful in clinical practice in the preoperative period and reduced surgical anxiety and surgical fear. In a quasi-experimental study involving 108 people in which the effects of EFT and music on anxiety and vital signs were examined before lumbar disc herniation surgery, it was found that both music and EFT reduced anxiety and regulated vital signs before surgery, and EFT was more effective than music in regulating anxiety and respiratory rate. In previous studies, pain, pain belief and anxiety in surgical patients have not been examined together. It is thought that the study will have a positive effect on the patient outcomes (anxiety, pain, pain belief) of patients undergoing CABG, thus increasing the holistic approach in the care of patients and having a positive effect on the quality of life of individuals.
Detailed description
Cardiovascular diseases are among the most important causes of mortality and morbidity rates occurring in the world and in our country every year despite the developing technology and treatment methods (1).When the Death and Cause of Death statistics of the Turkish Statistical Institute for 2023 are examined, it is seen that the mortality rate due to circulatory system diseases is 33.4% (2).In the treatment of heart diseases, surgical treatment is frequently preferred in addition to medical treatment. The most commonly used surgical method is open heart surgery (1).Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) surgery provides re-blooding, oxygenation and nutrition of the non-blooded heart tissue by using artery or vein between the aorta in cases of stenosis or occlusion in the structure of the coronary vessels. CABG is a frequently used method in the world and in our country (3). Regardless of the source of surgical intervention, it causes anxiety in patients. When the literature is examined, it is seen that anxiety is experienced in the majority of surgical patients (4). Fear of death and the unknown, complications that may develop after surgery, pain, loss of organ and independence are among the main causes of anxiety (4). In a study in which anxiety levels of patients who will undergo open heart surgery were examined, preoperative anxiety level was found to be 55.80% (5).The vital importance of the heart increases the fear of death and forms the basis of anxiety in the preoperative and postoperative period (1). In the review, it was found that there were descriptive studies on preoperative anxiety of CABG patients (6, 7, 8, 9), and intervention studies were mostly performed in the form of scent sniffing (10), acupressure (11) music therapy (12,13,14) education (13,15,16); emotional freedom technique was not used.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Supportive care
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind (outcomes assessor)
- Number of arms
- 2
- Model description
- Emotional Freedom Technique
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Control | No intervention | –routine care |
| Experimental group | Experimental | Behavioral: emotional freedom technıqueEmotional freedom technique |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (5 listed)
- Over 18 years old
- No infections, sores in the touch areas
- No psychiatric medication
- No hearing and vision problems
- Stable vital parameters
Key exclusion criteria (6 listed)
- Patients undergoing re-operation
- Postoperative complications (bleeding, delirium, arrhythmia, etc.)
- Reintubation after extubation
- Drug and stimulant users
- Sedated for more than 24 hours
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| emotional freedom technıqueAlso: EFTEFT application | Behavioural | Experimental group |
Primary outcome
VAS scale
Time frame: Pre-test before surgery; post-test 24-48 hours after surgery
Pain
Pain Belief Scale
Time frame: Pre-test before surgery; post-test 24-48 hours after surgery
Pain belief
State Anxiety Scale
Time frame: Pre-test before surgery; post-test 24-48 hours after surgery
Anxiety
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 11 May 2026.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: Undecided. This is a master thesis. sharing can be done at the end of the study
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
The record lists no contact. Use the official record to reach the sponsor.
2 sites in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing emotional freedom technıque in people with Coronary Arterial Disease (CAD) and Surgery (Cardiac), run by Ondokuz Mayıs University at 2 sites in Turkey (Türkiye).
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 5 inclusion and 6 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 11 May 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 2 sites in Turkey (Türkiye). Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
VAS scale (time frame: Pre-test before surgery; post-test 24-48 hours after surgery). The study lists 3 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 11 May 2026.