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Emotional intervention of Emotional Freedom Technique to reduce post operation pain of Caesarian section

Latifah, L., Ramawati, D. ยท Indonesian Nursing Journal of Education and Clinic ยท 2014

Controlled trial๐Ÿ‘ฅ 30 participantsโš–๏ธ vs. control group (n=15) vs treatment group (n=15)Preliminary๐Ÿ“ Indonesia
In plain English. 30 mothers recovering from C-section surgery were split into a group getting EFT/tapping and a group not getting it. The tapping group reported significantly less post-surgical pain. This is a small quasi-experimental study without randomization, so some caution in interpreting causality is warranted.

What they found

30
people took part

Pain scale after treatment was significantly lower in the EFT/tapping group (4.27) than in the control group (5.00), with p=0.000.

How the study worked

Who took partmothers post Caesarean Section (SC) surgery (n=30)
What they didIn a controlled trial, a tapping group was compared against a separate comparison group.
Compared withcontrol group (n=15) vs treatment group (n=15)
Measured withNumeric Rating Scale (NRS)

๐Ÿ’ก Where this could help

If findings like these hold up in larger trials, the promise is simple: a low-cost, self-administered tool that could reach people struggling with other physical conditions who can't easily access traditional care โ€” at home, between appointments, or where there aren't enough clinicians to go around.

๐Ÿ”ฌ What to study next

The natural next step: a larger sample to confirm the effect.

The full record

DesignControlled trial
Participants30 people
Populationmothers post Caesarean Section (SC) surgery
Comparison groupcontrol group (n=15) vs treatment group (n=15)
Outcome measuresNumeric Rating Scale (NRS)
JournalIndonesian Nursing Journal of Education and Clinic
Year2014
CountryIndonesia
LanguageEnglish
MethodEFT / tapping
Publication typeStudy / trial
VerificationTranscribed from a peer-reviewed source; pending independent confirmation
Verification note. Title, authors (Latifah & Ramawati), DOI (10.24990/injec.v1i1.52), and NRS-based quasi-experimental design (n=30, pain scores 4.27 vs 5.00) all check out โ€” this is clearly a real paper. However, the true publication year could not be pinned down: citation aggregators disagree, showing 2014 (as recorded), 2016, 2018, and 2021 across different indexes, and the primary OJS article page could not be fetched directly (JS-rendered) to resolve it; INJEC's own 'About' page reportedly indicates Vol.1 No.1 was published in 2016. Year left unchanged at 2014 per the no-invention rule โ€” flagged as a genuine open discrepancy worth a follow-up primary-source check rather than corrected without direct evidence.

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Latifah, L., & Ramawati, D. (2014). Emotional intervention of Emotional Freedom Technique to reduce post operation pain of Caesarian section. Indonesian Nursing Journal of Education and Clinic. https://doi.org/10.24990/injec.v1i1.52

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THE TAPPING EVIDENCE BASE Other Physical Conditions 30 participants WHAT THEY FOUND Pain scale after treatment was significantlylower in the EFT/tapping group (4.27) thanin the control group (5.00)โ€ฆ Controlled trial ยท 30 participants Latifah ยท 2014 ยท evidence.thetappingsolution.com