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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

Controlled trial 👥 150 participants ⚖️ vs. standard care control arm vs experimental EFT arm Preliminary ✓ Source-checked 📍 India
In plain English. 150 mothers recovering from C-sections took part in a partially-randomized patient-preference study (some allocated by preference, some randomized) comparing EFT with standard care; the EFT group showed a bigger drop in postpartum blues and parenting stress. Because assignment was partly by preference, other factors like motivation could partly explain the difference.

What they found

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150 mothers recovering from C-sections took part in a partially-randomized patient-preference study (some allocated by preference, some randomized) comparing…

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 part postpartum caesarean section mothers, allocated by patient preference (n=150)
What they did In a controlled trial, a tapping group was compared against a separate comparison group.
Compared with standard care control arm vs experimental EFT arm
Measured with Am 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

DesignControlled 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… Controlled trial · 150 participants Sampoornam · 2023 · evidence.thetappingsolution.com