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Potency of emotional freedom technique on post partum blues and parenting stress among post caesarean section mothers in selected hospitals at Erode-Partially randomized patient preference study

Sampoornam, W. · International Journal of Advances in Nursing Management · 2023

Randomized trial👥 150 participants⚖️ vs. standard care control arm vs experimental EFT armPreliminary✓ Source-checked📍 India
In plain English. 150 mothers recovering from C-sections chose (rather than being randomly assigned to) either EFT sessions or standard care, and the EFT group showed a bigger drop in postpartum blues and parenting stress. Because participants picked their own group rather than being randomized, other factors (like motivation) could partly explain the difference.

What they found

150
people took part

Paired and unpaired t-tests showed statistical significance in scaling down postpartum blues and parenting stress symptoms in the EFT arm compared to the standard-care control arm.

How the study worked

Who took partpostpartum caesarean section mothers, allocated by patient preference (n=150)
What they didIn a randomized controlled trial, participants were randomly assigned to receive tapping or a comparison condition, then measured and compared.
Compared withstandard care control arm vs experimental EFT arm
Measured withAm I Blue? Assessment scale, parental stress scale

💡 Where this could help

Picture a new mother recovering from major surgery, sleep-deprived and quietly overwhelmed by the early weeks of parenting — someone unlikely to seek formal mental health care in that window. If these findings hold up, tapping's self-administered nature could matter most here: something postpartum nurses teach once at the bedside before discharge, then a tool the mother can use herself at 2 a.m. with the baby, with no ongoing appointment, therapist, or cost involved.

🔬 What to study next

Postpartum recovery is rich with objective signals worth checking: does tapping shift oxytocin or cortisol levels alongside the drop in reported baby-blues and parenting-stress scores? Actigraphy could capture whether mothers are actually sleeping more in those exhausting early weeks, and behavioral coding of mother-infant interaction would show whether calmer mothers translates into observable differences in bonding, not just self-report.

The full record

DesignRandomized trial
Participants150 people
Populationpostpartum caesarean section mothers, allocated by patient preference
Comparison groupstandard care control arm vs experimental EFT arm
Outcome measuresAm I Blue? Assessment scale, parental stress scale
JournalInternational Journal of Advances in Nursing Management
Year2023
CountryIndia
LanguageEnglish
MethodEFT / tapping
Publication typeStudy / trial
Verification✓ Confirmed against the primary source

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Sampoornam, W. (2023). Potency of emotional freedom technique on post partum blues and parenting stress among post caesarean section mothers in selected hospitals at Erode-Partially randomized patient preference study. International Journal of Advances in Nursing Management. https://doi.org/10.52711/2454-2652.2023.00017

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THE TAPPING EVIDENCE BASE Other Physical Conditions 150 participants WHAT THEY FOUND Paired and unpaired t-tests showedstatistical significance in scaling downpostpartum blues and parenting stress… Randomized trial · 150 participants Sampoornam · 2023 · evidence.thetappingsolution.com