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Change of Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) Value with Spiritual Qur'anic Emotional Freedom Technique (SQEFT) Therapy on Mental Disorder Patient

Rosyanti, L., Hadi, I., Tanra, J., Islam, A., Natzir, R., Massi, M. et al. · Indian Journal of Public Health Research and Development · 2019

Controlled trial 👥 20 participants ⚖️ vs. usual-care control group Moderate rigor ✓ Source-checked 📍 Indonesia
In plain English. Ten schizophrenia patients got a combined spiritual-Quranic and EFT therapy while ten others served as a comparison group. The treated group's psychiatric symptom scores kept improving significantly over four weeks, while the comparison group's improvement stalled out. The sample is small, so it's best treated as a promising early comparison rather than definitive evidence.

What they found

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Ten schizophrenia patients got a combined spiritual-Quranic and EFT therapy while ten others served as a comparison group.

In 10 SQEFT-therapy patients vs 10 controls, the SQEFT group's BPRS scores improved significantly across all timepoints (p=0.000); the control group also improved initially (p<=0.004) but plateaued between the later assessments (p=0.193).

How the study worked

Who took part patients with schizophrenia (n=20)
What they did In a controlled trial, a tapping group was compared against a separate comparison group.
Compared with usual-care control group
Measured with Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS)

💡 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 who can't easily access traditional care — at home, between appointments, or where there aren't enough clinicians to go around.

🔬 What to study next

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

The full record

DesignControlled trial
Participants20 people
Populationpatients with schizophrenia
Comparison groupusual-care control group
Outcome measuresBrief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS)
JournalIndian Journal of Public Health Research and Development
Year2019
CountryIndonesia
LanguageEnglish
MethodEFT / Tapping
Publication typeStudy / trial
Verification✓ Confirmed against the primary source

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Rosyanti, L., Hadi, I., Tanra, J., Islam, A., Natzir, R., Massi, M., Idrus, F., & Bahar, B. (2019). Change of Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) Value with Spiritual Qur'anic Emotional Freedom Technique (SQEFT) Therapy on Mental Disorder Patient. Indian Journal of Public Health Research and Development. https://doi.org/10.5958/0976-5506.2019.00074.3

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THE TAPPING EVIDENCE BASE Multiple Conditions 20 participants WHAT THEY FOUND In 10 SQEFT-therapy patients vs 10 controls,the SQEFT group's BPRS scores improvedsignificantly across all… Controlled trial · 20 participants Rosyanti · 2019 · evidence.thetappingsolution.com