The Effectiveness of Emotional Freedom Technique on Anxiety and Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome in Women with Spontaneous Abortion

The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of emotional release technique on anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder in women with spontaneous abortion.

The present study was a single-case experimental design of multiple asynchronous baseline that among 21 women with abortion trauma of Shahid Beheshti Hospital in Isfahan in April and May 1398 by purposive sampling and after screening using a list Spielberger (1983) Anxiety and Self-Reporting Scale of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms Foa, Rigs, Dansio, & Ratbam (1993) selected six women. These women were individually treated in twelve forty-five-minute sessions with two follow-up sessions in Church (2014) emotional release techniques sessions. Data were analyzed by visual mapping, stable change index and recovery percentage formula.

The results showed that the intervention of emotional release technique reduced trait anxiety among women participating in the treatment phase 38.75% improvement and follow-up phase 43.06%, state anxiety in the treatment phase 47.14% improvement and follow-up phase / 91. 47% and post-traumatic stress syndrome improved by 49.92% in the treatment phase and 50.29% in the follow-up phase. .

The results showed that the use of this treatment in cases where the person suffers from post-traumatic stress with other associated disorders, including anxiety, can help improve both problems in the person at the same time.