The study will be conducted as a randomized controlled experimental study to determine the effects of the Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) applied to women in menopause on sleep quality and quality of life.
It will be conducted with 80 women between the ages of 45-64, registered in a family health center in a city in the east of Turkey, who have been in menopause for at least one year and volunteer to participate in the study.
EFT will be applied to the women to be included in the experimental group in the study once a week, a total of four times in a month.
The "Participant Information Form", "Utian Quality of Life Scale" and "Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Scale" prepared by the researchers in line with the literature information will be used in the collection of research data.
Volunteering to participate in the study,
Being able to read and write in Turkish,
Women between the ages of 45-64 who have not had menstrual bleeding for at least one year (women under the age of 65 who have entered natural menopause),
Not being diagnosed with a psychiatric disease,
Starting to use Hormone Replacement Therapy after starting the study,
Starting to use antidepressants, antihistamines, benzodiazepines, hypnotics and narcotics, etc.,
Starting to use any complementary and alternative medicine method,
Voluntarily leaving the study.
Parallel
Emotional Freedom Technique
BehavioralEFT basically involves serial tapping on acupuncture points, no needles are used, there is no invasive procedure, there are affirmation suggestions, it is an easy, painless, simple but effective method that can be done in minutes. It is realized by applying kinetic energy to certain meridians on the head and chest with the fingertips. The points where the tapping is done are the end points of the meridians in the body. They are located symmetrically on both sides of the body. Since these points are close to the skin surface, they are points that are more easily reached than the deeper buried parts of the meridians. While applying pressure with the fingertips, the individual needs to focus on the problem that bothers him/her. Another thing that needs to be done at the same time is for the person to make positive suggestions to himself/herself vocally.
Quality of life levels during menopause
The difference between the Utian Quality of Life Scale pretest and posttest mean scores of women in both groups. The lowest score that can be obtained from the scale is 23, and the highest score is 115. An increase in the scale score indicates an increase in the quality of life.
Quality of sleep levels during menopause
The difference between the Utian Quality of Life Scale pretest and posttest mean scores of women in both groups. The sleep quality of individuals whose total scale score is 5 points or less is considered "good"; the sleep quality of individuals whose score is above 5 points is considered "bad".
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