Public SpeakingNCT04391530
The Effect of Breath Therapy and Emotional Freedom Technique on Public Speaking Anxiety
A study testing emotional freedom technique, breathing therapy in people with Public Speaking and Anxiety, run by Istanbul Medeniyet University.
Trial summary
Introduction Public Speaking Anxiety (PSA), also referred to as public speaking anxiety, is a costly (Lépine, 2002) and disabling fear (Blöte et al., 2009), with prevalence rates ranging from 21 (Pollard and Henderson, 1988) to 33% (Stein et al., 1996; D'El Rey and Pacini, 2005) in community samples. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 19 to 30 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Public Speaking, Anxiety, Emotional Stress
- What is being tested?
- emotional freedom technique, breathing therapy
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 76 participants
- Where
- No sites listed yet
- Study dates
- 5 Jun 2020to 10 Nov 2020
- 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 19 to 30 years
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Adult
Who may be able to join
- 18 years of age or older
- no psychiatric diagnosis
- no history or course about coping with anxiety and stress
- not speaking before the community
- volunteering to participate in the study
Who cannot join
- not wanting to speak in public
- not volunteering to participate in the study
About this study
Official title: The Effect of Breath Therapy and Emotional Freedom Technique on Public Speaking Anxiety in Turkish Nursing Students: A Randomized Controlled Study
Introduction Public Speaking Anxiety (PSA), also referred to as public speaking anxiety, is a costly (Lépine, 2002) and disabling fear (Blöte et al., 2009), with prevalence rates ranging from 21 (Pollard and Henderson, 1988) to 33% (Stein et al., 1996; D'El Rey and Pacini, 2005) in community samples. FoPS has been reported as the single most commonly feared situation in both university and community samples (Pollard and Henderson, 1988; Holt et al., 1992; Stein et al., 1996; Tillfors and Furmark, 2007).EFT is an energy psychotherapy derivative application consisting of cognitive and somatic components used to improve personal negative emotions and related emotional and physical ailments.It is reported that the most recognized and used EFT among Energy Therapies is an effective method especially on anxiety, depression, burnout, stress management, and fears (Feinstein 2008; Irmak Vural \& Aslan, 2018; Sezgin, 2017; Sezgin \& Özcan, 2009).Breatihin therapy is another one. Purpose of the study The current study aims to determine the effect of the Breath Therapy and Emotional Freedom Technique on public speaking anxiety in Turkish Nursing Students.
The purpose of the study was to evaluate two research hypotheses as follows:
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H1: Emotional freedom technique is effective in reducing public speaking anxiety H2: Breath Therapy is effective in reducing public speaking anxiety A randomized controlled experimental research design will be used. The study complied with the guidelines of the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) checklist. The data will be collected with demographic information form, Subjective Discomfort Unit Scale, The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, and Speech Anxiety Scale.demographic information form: This form contains 5 questions including the age, gender, economic status, place of residence of students in the form developed by the researchers.
Subjective Units of Disturbance Scale SUDS. It was developed by Wolpe (1970). This scale, which is used in energy therapies and evaluates the individual's own discomfort, is scored between 0 and 10. 0 no discomfort 10 is considered to be unbearable discomfort (Wolpe, 1973). The individual should evaluate the discomfort he feels at that moment and give a score. This score serves as a concrete and basic starting point for the patient's condition at the time of application and reflects the change at the end of the application. According to the Church; EFT; Individuals' discomfort assessments are made using the Subjective Units of Disturbance (SUD) scale used by Wolpe (Church, 2013a).
he State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI Tx-1 and Tx-2) It was developed by Spilberg et al to detect the state and trait anxiety levels of individuals. Its validity and reliability in Turkish was done by Öner and Lecompte. The scale consists of a total of 40 questions, 20 questions of state anxiety and 20 questions of constant anxiety. State anxiety scale; to state how the person feels at any time and under any circumstances; It is asked to answer taking into account the feeling related to the situation. On the scale of trait anxiety; one is often expected to interpret how he feels. There are positive and negative expressions on the scale. These statements; are expressed as plain and inverted expressions. Straight expressions, negative emotions; reversed statements reflect positive emotions. There are 8 reversed statements on the state anxiety scale and 7 on the trait anxiety scale. Items on the state anxiety scale 1, 2, 5, 8, 10, 11, 15, 16, 19, 20, and on the trait anxiety scale 1,6,7,10,13,16,19. items are reversed statements. The emotions, thoughts and behaviors stated in the state anxiety scale are answered as 1: none, 4: completely according to the violence level of the experiences. Feelings, thoughts and behaviors stated in the trait anxiety scale are also marked as 1-almost never, 4-almost always according to the frequency level. For both scales; 0-19 points (none), 20-39 points (mild), 40-59 points (moderate), 60- 79 points (severe), 80 points and above are considered as very severe anxiety. Cronbach alpha value of the state anxiety scale was 0.93; The Cronbach alpha value of the trait anxiety scale is 0.94 (Öner, 1998). In the present study, Cronbach's alpha value was found to be 0.81 for the STAI Tx-1 and 0.76 for the STAI Tx-2.
Speech Anxiety Scale (CUR): It was developed by Yaman and Sofu (2013) to evaluate students' speech anxiety levels. The scale consisting of 25 items is scored as 5-point Likert type and 1: strongly disagree, 4: strongly agree. In the scale, items 5, 6, 9, 10, 13 and 14 are reversed. A high score indicates that the person's anxiety to speak is high. Cronbach alpha value of the scale was found to be 0.79. In this study, Cronbach alpha value is 0.78.
Read the detailed description
The criteria for inclusion in the research are a) being 18 years of age and over b) not having any psychiatric diagnosis c) not having taken a course or lesson about coping with anxiety and stress d) not speaking before the community e) volunteering to participate in the study .
Procedure The study will be carried out before the presentations on the prevention of chronic diseases within the scope of the Chronic Diseases course. 3 separate halls will be set up for the intervention and control groups to make their presentations. Students will start working after being taken to the halls set up for them.
Demographic information form, Subjective Discomfort Unit Scale (SUD), STAI-I and STAI-II and Speech Anxiety scales will be applied to the students in the EFT intervention group. Later, information about the EFT method to be used within the scope of the research will be given. One EFT session (25 minutes) was held once. After applying SUD, STAI-I and STAI-II and Speech Anxiety scales as a final test, students in the EFT group will make their speeches in front of the community.
Demographic information form, Subjective Discomfort Unit Scale (SUD), STAI-I and STAI-II and Speech Anxiety scales will be applied to the students in the breathing exercise intervention group. Later, information will be given about the breathing exercise method to be used in the research. Students will be given one breathing exercise session (25 minutes). After applying SUD, STAI-I and STAI-II and Speech Anxiety scales as the final test, students in the breathing exercise group will have their speeches in front of the community.
Demographic information form, Subjective Discomfort Unit Scale (SUD), STAI-I and STAI-II and Speech Anxiety scales were applied to the students in the control group. No intervention was made to the students in the control group. 25 minutes after the pretest application, SUD, STAI-I and STAI-II and Speech Anxiety scales were applied as posttest. Then the students in the control group made their speeches in front of the community.
EFT tapping: the basic recipe The EFT application will be implemented by the researcher who has been trained in this subject, in the most quiet and calm environment possible, in a position where the individuals are comfortable. There are basic steps to be followed in EFT application. Thought Field Therapy (TFT), developed by Callahan, based on Craig, uses different click points for specific psychological conditions, while EFT has 12 energy click points in the same specified order to treat every emotional problem, It is called 'Basic Recipe' (Craig, 2004).
While applying the Basic Recipe, the following steps are followed;
- Determination of SUD level (Student makes the scoring of the problem he feels on the scale between zero and ten points.)
- Installation (The general structure is "I accept myself deeply and completely despite this ……….".
- Clicking the meridian points in order (The points given in Figure 2 are clicked.)
- Nine Gamut procedures (Some eye movements, murmurs and counts are made while clicking on the Gamut point in hand.)
- Clicking the meridian points in order again
- Control of differentiation at the level of discomfort with SUD again (Craig, 2004; Church, 2004; Craig, 2017).
Implementing the batting series: With the index finger and middle finger, EFT points (Figure 2) are struck without hurt but with precise strokes. EFT points are the end points of the energy meridians. These endpoints are close to the surface of the body and are therefore more easily accessible than other buried points. Strikes at EFT points compensate for any possible disorders. At each point, the problem statement is repeated aloud (if possible).
Breathing therapy: the basic recipe After applying pre-test forms to students, the hall will be quiet and dim. In this study, breathing exercise application will be performed in three stages as (1) relax, (2) deep breath and (3) feel yourself. Relaxing music including bird sounds and water sounds will be used to ensure the concentration and focus of the participants. It will be said to breathe deeply and feel it
- Conditions
- Public Speaking, Anxiety, Emotional Stress
- Being tested
- emotional freedom technique, breathing therapy
- Keywords
- Public Speaking Anxiety, Emotional freedom technique, stress, nursing students
- Medical subject headings
- Speech, Anxiety Disorders, Stress, Psychological
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
emotional freedom technique, breathing therapyBehavioural
emotional freedom technique, breathing therapy
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| emotional freedom technique group | Experimental | The EFT application will be implemented by the researcher who has been trained in this subject, in the most quiet and calm environment possible, in a position where the individuals are comfortable. There are basic steps to be followed in EFT application. Thought Field Therapy (TFT), developed by Callahan, based on Craig, uses different click points for specific psychological conditions, while EFT has 12 energy click points in the same specified order to treat every emotional problem, It is called 'Basic Recipe' Receives: Behavioral: emotional freedom technique, breathing therapy |
| Breathin therapy group | Experimental | Breathing therapy: the basic recipe After applying pre-test forms to students, the hall will be quiet and dim. In this study, breathing exercise application will be performed in three stages as (1) relax, (2) deep breath and (3) feel yourself. Receives: Behavioral: emotional freedom technique, breathing therapy |
| Control group | No intervention | No intervention was made to the students in the control group. |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
EFT is an energy psychotherapy derivative application consisting of cognitive and somatic components used to improve personal negative emotions and related emotional and physical ailments. EFT is effective reduce Public Speaking Anxiety
Speech Anxiety Scale (SAS): A high score indicates that the person's anxiety to speak is high.
Measured: two months
EFT is an energy psychotherapy derivative application consisting of cognitive and somatic components used to improve personal negative emotions and related emotional and physical ailments. EFT is effective reduce Subjective Units of Disturbance
Subjective Units of Disturbance Scale SUDS scored between 0 and 10. EFT; evaluations of the individual who are disturbed are made by using the subjective units of disturbance scale
Measured: two months
EFT is an energy psychotherapy derivative application consisting of cognitive and somatic components used to improve personal negative emotions and related emotional and physical ailments. EFT is effective reduce state Anxiety
The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI Tx-1 and Tx-2): The scale consists of a total of 40 questions, 20 questions of state anxiety and 20 questions relate to constant anxiety. State anxiety scale; to state how the person feels at any time and under any circumstances
Measured: two months
Breath Therapy, on the other hand, is a meditation that works both with the mind and respiratory organs and provides regulation of breathing. Breath Therapy is effective reduce Public Speaking Anxiety
Speech Anxiety Scale (SAS): A high score indicates that the person's anxiety to speak is high.
Measured: two months
Breath Therapy, on the other hand, is a meditation that works both with the mind and respiratory organs and provides regulation of breathing. Breath Therapy is effective reduce subjective Units of Disturbance
Subjective Units of Disturbance Scale SUDS scored between 0 and 10. EFT; evaluations of the individual who are disturbed are made by using the subjective units of disturbance scale
Measured: two months
Breath Therapy, on the other hand, is a meditation that works both with the mind and respiratory organs and provides regulation of breathing. Breath Therapy is effective reduce state Anxiety
The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI Tx-1 and Tx-2): The scale consists of a total of 40 questions, 20 questions of state anxiety and 20 questions relate to constant anxiety. State anxiety scale; to state how the person feels at any time and under any circumstances
Measured: two months
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted18 May 2020
- Study start5 Jun 2020 (estimated)
- Primary completion10 Jun 2020 (estimated)
- Study completion10 Nov 2020 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Public SpeakingStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- 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
- Students who meet the inclusion criteria for the research will use the Random.org website to allocate students to the breath therapy, Emotional Freedom Technique and Control group with student numbers in the class list.
- Masking
- Single blind
- Who is masked
- Outcomes assessor
- Enrolment
- 76 participants (estimated)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Istanbul Medeniyet University
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Berna Dincer, Istanbul Medeniyet University
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT04391530
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- 42432569
- Status last verified
- May 2020
- First submitted
- 6 May 2020
- Last updated
- 2 Jun 2020
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- Undecided
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 2 Jun 2020. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- The Effect of Breath Therapy and Emotional Freedom Technique on Public Speaking Anxiety in Turkish Nursing Students: A Randomized Controlled Study
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT04391530
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- 42432569
- Conditions
- Public Speaking, Anxiety, Emotional Stress
- Keywords
- Public Speaking Anxiety, Emotional freedom technique, stress, nursing students
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Unknown status
- Enrolment
- 76 participants (estimated)
- Lead sponsor
- Istanbul Medeniyet UniversityUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 5 Jun 2020 (estimated)
- Primary completion
- 10 Jun 2020 (estimated)
- Study completion
- 10 Nov 2020 (estimated)
- First posted
- 18 May 2020 (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.
Introduction Public Speaking Anxiety (PSA), also referred to as public speaking anxiety, is a costly (Lépine, 2002) and disabling fear (Blöte et al., 2009), with prevalence rates ranging from 21 (Pollard and Henderson, 1988) to 33% (Stein et al., 1996; D'El Rey and Pacini, 2005) in community samples. FoPS has been reported as the single most commonly feared situation in both university and community samples (Pollard and Henderson, 1988; Holt et al., 1992; Stein et al., 1996; Tillfors and Furmark, 2007).EFT is an energy psychotherapy derivative application consisting of cognitive and somatic components used to improve personal negative emotions and related emotional and physical ailments.It is reported that the most recognized and used EFT among Energy Therapies is an effective method especially on anxiety, depression, burnout, stress management, and fears (Feinstein 2008; Irmak Vural \& Aslan, 2018; Sezgin, 2017; Sezgin \& Özcan, 2009).Breatihin therapy is another one. Purpose of the study The current study aims to determine the effect of the Breath Therapy and Emotional Freedom Technique on public speaking anxiety in Turkish Nursing Students.
The purpose of the study was to evaluate two research hypotheses as follows:
H1: Emotional freedom technique is effective in reducing public speaking anxiety H2: Breath Therapy is effective in reducing public speaking anxiety A randomized controlled experimental research design will be used. The study complied with the guidelines of the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) checklist. The data will be collected with demographic information form, Subjective Discomfort Unit Scale, The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, and Speech Anxiety Scale.demographic information form: This form contains 5 questions including the age, gender, economic status, place of residence of students in the form developed by the researchers.
Subjective Units of Disturbance Scale SUDS. It was developed by Wolpe (1970). This scale, which is used in energy therapies and evaluates the individual's own discomfort, is scored between 0 and 10. 0 no discomfort 10 is considered to be unbearable discomfort (Wolpe, 1973). The individual should evaluate the discomfort he feels at that moment and give a score. This score serves as a concrete and basic starting point for the patient's condition at the time of application and reflects the change at the end of the application. According to the Church; EFT; Individuals' discomfort assessments are made using the Subjective Units of Disturbance (SUD) scale used by Wolpe (Church, 2013a).
he State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI Tx-1 and Tx-2) It was developed by Spilberg et al to detect the state and trait anxiety levels of individuals. Its validity and reliability in Turkish was done by Öner and Lecompte. The scale consists of a total of 40 questions, 20 questions of state anxiety and 20 questions of constant anxiety. State anxiety scale; to state how the person feels at any time and under any circumstances; It is asked to answer taking into account the feeling related to the situation. On the scale of trait anxiety; one is often expected to interpret how he feels. There are positive and negative expressions on the scale. These statements; are expressed as plain and inverted expressions. Straight expressions, negative emotions; reversed statements reflect positive emotions. There are 8 reversed statements on the state anxiety scale and 7 on the trait anxiety scale. Items on the state anxiety scale 1, 2, 5, 8, 10, 11, 15, 16, 19, 20, and on the trait anxiety scale 1,6,7,10,13,16,19. items are reversed statements. The emotions, thoughts and behaviors stated in the state anxiety scale are answered as 1: none, 4: completely according to the violence level of the experiences. Feelings, thoughts and behaviors stated in the trait anxiety scale are also marked as 1-almost never, 4-almost always according to the frequency level. For both scales; 0-19 points (none), 20-39 points (mild), 40-59 points (moderate), 60- 79 points (severe), 80 points and above are considered as very severe anxiety. Cronbach alpha value of the state anxiety scale was 0.93; The Cronbach alpha value of the trait anxiety scale is 0.94 (Öner, 1998). In the present study, Cronbach's alpha value was found to be 0.81 for the STAI Tx-1 and 0.76 for the STAI Tx-2.
Speech Anxiety Scale (CUR): It was developed by Yaman and Sofu (2013) to evaluate students' speech anxiety levels. The scale consisting of 25 items is scored as 5-point Likert type and 1: strongly disagree, 4: strongly agree. In the scale, items 5, 6, 9, 10, 13 and 14 are reversed. A high score indicates that the person's anxiety to speak is high. Cronbach alpha value of the scale was found to be 0.79. In this study, Cronbach alpha value is 0.78.
Detailed description
The criteria for inclusion in the research are a) being 18 years of age and over b) not having any psychiatric diagnosis c) not having taken a course or lesson about coping with anxiety and stress d) not speaking before the community e) volunteering to participate in the study .
Procedure The study will be carried out before the presentations on the prevention of chronic diseases within the scope of the Chronic Diseases course. 3 separate halls will be set up for the intervention and control groups to make their presentations. Students will start working after being taken to the halls set up for them.
Demographic information form, Subjective Discomfort Unit Scale (SUD), STAI-I and STAI-II and Speech Anxiety scales will be applied to the students in the EFT intervention group. Later, information about the EFT method to be used within the scope of the research will be given. One EFT session (25 minutes) was held once. After applying SUD, STAI-I and STAI-II and Speech Anxiety scales as a final test, students in the EFT group will make their speeches in front of the community.
Demographic information form, Subjective Discomfort Unit Scale (SUD), STAI-I and STAI-II and Speech Anxiety scales will be applied to the students in the breathing exercise intervention group. Later, information will be given about the breathing exercise method to be used in the research. Students will be given one breathing exercise session (25 minutes). After applying SUD, STAI-I and STAI-II and Speech Anxiety scales as the final test, students in the breathing exercise group will have their speeches in front of the community.
Demographic information form, Subjective Discomfort Unit Scale (SUD), STAI-I and STAI-II and Speech Anxiety scales were applied to the students in the control group. No intervention was made to the students in the control group. 25 minutes after the pretest application, SUD, STAI-I and STAI-II and Speech Anxiety scales were applied as posttest. Then the students in the control group made their speeches in front of the community.
EFT tapping: the basic recipe The EFT application will be implemented by the researcher who has been trained in this subject, in the most quiet and calm environment possible, in a position where the individuals are comfortable. There are basic steps to be followed in EFT application. Thought Field Therapy (TFT), developed by Callahan, based on Craig, uses different click points for specific psychological conditions, while EFT has 12 energy click points in the same specified order to treat every emotional problem, It is called 'Basic Recipe' (Craig, 2004).
While applying the Basic Recipe, the following steps are followed;
- Determination of SUD level (Student makes the scoring of the problem he feels on the scale between zero and ten points.)
- Installation (The general structure is "I accept myself deeply and completely despite this ……….".
- Clicking the meridian points in order (The points given in Figure 2 are clicked.)
- Nine Gamut procedures (Some eye movements, murmurs and counts are made while clicking on the Gamut point in hand.)
- Clicking the meridian points in order again
- Control of differentiation at the level of discomfort with SUD again (Craig, 2004; Church, 2004; Craig, 2017).
Implementing the batting series: With the index finger and middle finger, EFT points (Figure 2) are struck without hurt but with precise strokes. EFT points are the end points of the energy meridians. These endpoints are close to the surface of the body and are therefore more easily accessible than other buried points. Strikes at EFT points compensate for any possible disorders. At each point, the problem statement is repeated aloud (if possible).
Breathing therapy: the basic recipe After applying pre-test forms to students, the hall will be quiet and dim. In this study, breathing exercise application will be performed in three stages as (1) relax, (2) deep breath and (3) feel yourself. Relaxing music including bird sounds and water sounds will be used to ensure the concentration and focus of the participants. It will be said to breathe deeply and feel it
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Supportive care
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind (outcomes assessor)
- Number of arms
- 3
- Model description
- Students who meet the inclusion criteria for the research will use the Random.org website to allocate students to the breath therapy, Emotional Freedom Technique and Control group with student numbers in the class list.
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| emotional freedom technique group | Experimental | Behavioral: emotional freedom technique, breathing therapyThe EFT application will be implemented by the researcher who has been trained in this subject, in the most quiet and calm environment possible, in a position where the individuals are comfortable. There are basic steps to be followed in EFT application. Thought Field Therapy (TFT), developed by Callahan, based on Craig, uses different click points for specific psychological conditions, while EFT has 12 energy click points in the same specified order to treat every emotional problem, It is called 'Basic Recipe' |
| Breathin therapy group | Experimental | Behavioral: emotional freedom technique, breathing therapyBreathing therapy: the basic recipe After applying pre-test forms to students, the hall will be quiet and dim. In this study, breathing exercise application will be performed in three stages as (1) relax, (2) deep breath and (3) feel yourself. |
| Control group | No intervention | –No intervention was made to the students in the control group. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 19 to 30 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Adult
Key inclusion criteria (5 listed)
- 18 years of age or older
- no psychiatric diagnosis
- no history or course about coping with anxiety and stress
- not speaking before the community
- volunteering to participate in the study
Key exclusion criteria (2 listed)
- not wanting to speak in public
- not volunteering to participate in the study
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 technique, breathing therapyemotional freedom technique, breathing therapy | Behavioural | Breathin therapy group, emotional freedom technique group |
Primary outcome
EFT is an energy psychotherapy derivative application consisting of cognitive and somatic components used to improve personal negative emotions and related emotional and physical ailments. EFT is effective reduce Public Speaking Anxiety
Time frame: two months
Speech Anxiety Scale (SAS): A high score indicates that the person's anxiety to speak is high.
EFT is an energy psychotherapy derivative application consisting of cognitive and somatic components used to improve personal negative emotions and related emotional and physical ailments. EFT is effective reduce Subjective Units of Disturbance
Time frame: two months
Subjective Units of Disturbance Scale SUDS scored between 0 and 10. EFT; evaluations of the individual who are disturbed are made by using the subjective units of disturbance scale
EFT is an energy psychotherapy derivative application consisting of cognitive and somatic components used to improve personal negative emotions and related emotional and physical ailments. EFT is effective reduce state Anxiety
Time frame: two months
The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI Tx-1 and Tx-2): The scale consists of a total of 40 questions, 20 questions of state anxiety and 20 questions relate to constant anxiety. State anxiety scale; to state how the person feels at any time and under any circumstances
Breath Therapy, on the other hand, is a meditation that works both with the mind and respiratory organs and provides regulation of breathing. Breath Therapy is effective reduce Public Speaking Anxiety
Time frame: two months
Speech Anxiety Scale (SAS): A high score indicates that the person's anxiety to speak is high.
Breath Therapy, on the other hand, is a meditation that works both with the mind and respiratory organs and provides regulation of breathing. Breath Therapy is effective reduce subjective Units of Disturbance
Time frame: two months
Subjective Units of Disturbance Scale SUDS scored between 0 and 10. EFT; evaluations of the individual who are disturbed are made by using the subjective units of disturbance scale
Breath Therapy, on the other hand, is a meditation that works both with the mind and respiratory organs and provides regulation of breathing. Breath Therapy is effective reduce state Anxiety
Time frame: two months
The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI Tx-1 and Tx-2): The scale consists of a total of 40 questions, 20 questions of state anxiety and 20 questions relate to constant anxiety. State anxiety scale; to state how the person feels at any time and under any circumstances
Results and safety
Results are not available in the source record.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 2 Jun 2020.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: Undecided
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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.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing emotional freedom technique, breathing therapy in people with Public Speaking and Anxiety, run by Istanbul Medeniyet University.
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 2 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: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 2 Jun 2020. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
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?
Results are not available in the source record.
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?
EFT is an energy psychotherapy derivative application consisting of cognitive and somatic components used to improve personal negative emotions and related emotional and physical ailments. EFT is effective reduce Public Speaking Anxiety (time frame: two months). The study lists 6 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 2 Jun 2020.