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The effect of spiritual emotional freedom technique impact to pain in cervical cancer post-chemoradiation: a review article

Hamidah, H., Rauf, S., Arifuddin, S., Musba, A. M., Prihantono, P., Pelupessy, N. U. et al. · Healthcare in Low-Resource Settings · 2024

Systematic reviewPreliminary✓ Source-checked📍 Indonesia
In plain English. This review pulled together studies on spiritual tapping (SEFT) for cervical cancer patients who'd finished chemoradiation and concluded it helps with pain, stress, and depression. As a narrative review of small studies rather than new controlled data, the conclusions are only as reliable as the underlying (mostly small) studies it summarizes.

What they found

A systematic review of studies from 2003-2023 found SEFT beneficial for lowering pain, stress, and depression among post-chemoradiation cervical cancer patients.

How the study worked

Who took partcervical cancer patients post-chemoradiation
What they didThis systematic review gathered and appraised the body of published studies against a defined method.
Measured withpain, stress, and depression outcomes reported across reviewed studies

💡 Where this could help

Picture a woman recovering from cervical cancer treatment, dealing with lingering pain and depression long after the medical team has moved on to the next patient. If SEFT continues to show promise for this specific population, its self-administered nature could matter most here: once she's learned it, she can keep practicing at home for free, indefinitely, in the months of recovery when formal psychosocial support often falls away.

🔬 What to study next

Given SEFT's reported benefit for pain, stress, and depression in this population, a valuable next study would measure inflammatory and pain-signaling biomarkers, like CRP or cortisol, in cervical cancer survivors before and after a structured SEFT program, to see whether psychological relief coincides with measurable changes in the body's stress and pain systems after chemoradiation. Comparing self-paced app delivery against in-person sessions could also show whether this reaches more women in under-resourced cancer centers without diluting the effect.

The full record

DesignSystematic review
Populationcervical cancer patients post-chemoradiation
Outcome measurespain, stress, and depression outcomes reported across reviewed studies
JournalHealthcare in Low-Resource Settings
Year2024
CountryIndonesia
LanguageEnglish
MethodEFT / tapping
Publication typeReview or meta-analysis
Verification✓ Confirmed against the primary source

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Hamidah, H., Rauf, S., Arifuddin, S., Musba, A. M., Prihantono, P., Pelupessy, N. U., & Permatasari, T. A. (2024). The effect of spiritual emotional freedom technique impact to pain in cervical cancer post-chemoradiation: a review article. Healthcare in Low-Resource Settings. https://doi.org/10.4081/hls.2024.12189

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THE TAPPING EVIDENCE BASE Cancer & Serious Illness ✓ Systematic review WHAT THEY FOUND A systematic review of studies from2003-2023 found SEFT beneficial for loweringpain, stress, and depression among… Systematic review Hamidah · 2024 · evidence.thetappingsolution.com