Calisanie, N.N.P., Ira, S. · Jurnal Keperawatan Komprehensif (Comprehensive Nursing Journal) · 2022
58 hypertensive patients (29 SEFT + slow deep breathing, 29 control) in Bandung showed significantly greater blood pressure reduction in the intervention group — systolic dropped 24.20 mmHg and diastolic 7.55 mmHg more than control (ANCOVA p<0.05 for both).
Blood pressure is measured with a cuff, not a questionnaire — it's one of the most concrete, doctor's-office-verifiable numbers in medicine. In this study, patients who combined tapping with slow deep breathing saw their systolic pressure fall by more than 24 points beyond what usual care achieved, a hard physiological number that can't be explained away as a placebo response.
If this combination proves out in bigger, better-controlled trials, it could offer people managing hypertension in low-resource clinics — where medications, follow-up visits, and specialists are often hard to access — a free, self-taught technique they can practice daily at home to support their blood pressure management alongside standard care.
Because tapping was bundled with slow breathing here, the next logical step is to separate the two — test tapping alone, breathing alone, and the combination — to see how much each contributes to the pressure drop. It would also be valuable to track 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure and heart rate variability together, to see whether the two techniques are working through the same nervous-system pathway or two different ones that stack on top of each other.
| Design | Controlled trial |
|---|---|
| Participants | 58 people |
| Population | Hypertensive patients at a public health center in Bandung City, Indonesia |
| Comparison group | usual care (control group) |
| Outcome measures | systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure |
| Journal | Jurnal Keperawatan Komprehensif (Comprehensive Nursing Journal) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Language | Indonesian |
| Method | EFT / tapping |
| Publication type | Study / trial |
| Verification | ✓ Confirmed against the primary source |
Calisanie, N.N.P., & Ira, S. (2022). The Effectiveness of the Combination of Spiritual Emotional Freedom Technique and Slow Deep Breathing in Lowering Blood Pressure Reduction in Hypertensive Patients at UPT Puskesmas Pasundan, Bandung City. Jurnal Keperawatan Komprehensif (Comprehensive Nursing Journal).
This record is part of the Tapping Evidence Base — an openly-sourced, fully-referenced directory of the research on EFT/tapping. Explore more studies on Other Physical Conditions
A ready-made graphic — right-click or long-press to save the image.