Susanto, M. · Medicalia Hospitalia · 2020
Mean pain scores dropped from 5.7 to 3.61 in the SEFT intervention group versus 5.61 to 4.77 in the control group, a significant difference in pain reduction between groups (p=0.0003), supporting SEFT for reducing post-operative laparotomy pain.
If this kind of post-surgical pain relief holds up in bigger trials, picture a patient recovering from abdominal surgery in a resource-limited hospital, taught a free, self-administered adjunct to standard post-op care that they can use themselves at the bedside to ease pain without additional medication. That could matter in settings where pain medication access or monitoring is limited.
A larger trial should track objective post-operative markers alongside pain scores — cortisol and inflammatory markers reflecting the body's surgical stress response, and actual analgesic or opioid use rather than only the numeric pain rating. Testing SEFT at the bedside across multiple surgical wards, and following recovery speed (time to mobility, discharge) would show whether faster pain relief translates into faster physical recovery.
| Design | Controlled trial |
|---|---|
| Participants | 36 people |
| Population | post-operative laparotomy patients at Sultan Agung Islamic Hospital, Semarang, Indonesia |
| Comparison group | control group receiving spiritual intervention without SEFT |
| Outcome measures | numeric pain rating scale |
| Journal | Medicalia Hospitalia |
| Year | 2020 |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Language | English |
| Method | SEFT (related Tapping method) |
| Publication type | Study / trial |
| Verification | ✓ Confirmed against the primary source |
Susanto, M. (2020). Effectiveness of SEFT Therapy on post op laparotomy pain in the operating room at RSI Agung Semarang. Medicalia Hospitalia. https://doi.org/10.36408/mhjcm.v7i1.429
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