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Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) as a practice for supporting chronic disease healthcare: A practitioners' perspective

Kalla, M., Simmons, M., Robinson, A., Stapleton, P. · Disability and Rehabilitation · 2017

Review👥 8 participantsPreliminary✓ Source-checked
In plain English. Researchers interviewed 8 EFT practitioners about their experiences using tapping to help chronic disease patients. Practitioners described using EFT both for patients' emotional struggles and for managing physical symptoms. This is a qualitative study of practitioner perspectives, not a test of patient outcomes.

What they found

8
people took part

Qualitative analysis of practitioner interviews identified two super-ordinate themes concerning the application of EFT for addressing emotional issues faced by chronic disease patients and for management of physical symptoms, supporting EFT as a technique for the psychosocial aspect of chronic disease healthcare.

How the study worked

Who took part8 EFT practitioners (n=8)
What they didThis is a review or commentary synthesizing existing work rather than reporting a new trial.
Measured withsemi-structured interviews (Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis)

The full record

DesignReview
Participants8 people
Population8 EFT practitioners
Outcome measuressemi-structured interviews (Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis)
JournalDisability and Rehabilitation
Year2017
LanguageEnglish
MethodEFT / tapping
Publication typeReview or meta-analysis
Verification✓ Confirmed against the primary source

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Kalla, M., Simmons, M., Robinson, A., & Stapleton, P. (2017). Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) as a practice for supporting chronic disease healthcare: A practitioners' perspective. Disability and Rehabilitation. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2017.1306125

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THE TAPPING EVIDENCE BASE Other Physical Conditions 8 participants WHAT THEY FOUND Qualitative analysis of practitionerinterviews identified two super-ordinatethemes concerning the application of… Review · 8 participants Kalla · 2017 · evidence.thetappingsolution.com