Uzzi, C. · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2021
Across 9 studies covering 19,232 healthcare workers, high levels of stress, PTSD symptoms, depression, anxiety, burnout, and self-harm ideation were reported; psychosocial support including an online form of EFT was among interventions found effective in mitigating psychological stress.
If an online tapping option like the one described here proves out on its own, imagine an exhausted nurse between overnight shifts self-administering five free minutes of tapping on a phone to unwind before the next crisis, no counselor or scheduled session required. Health systems stretched thin by burnout or a future pandemic could offer this alongside overtaxed counseling services, precisely because it doesn't need a clinician to deliver it.
Since online EFT was just one intervention among several examined here, the natural next step is an EFT-specific trial in this exact population, healthcare workers mid-pandemic, pairing standard psychological scales with cortisol, sleep actigraphy, and inflammatory markers to see whether online tapping sessions produce measurable physiological recovery, not just symptom relief, in a group already shown to carry high rates of PTSD and burnout. Testing whether brief, repeatable sessions prevent burnout from accumulating over a long pandemic wave, rather than only easing it after the fact, would also be valuable.
| Design | Systematic review |
|---|---|
| Participants | 19232 people |
| Population | healthcare workers (19,232 total, 75.2% women) during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| Outcome measures | stress, PTSD, depression, anxiety, burnout symptoms (varied across studies) |
| Journal | Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research |
| Year | 2021 |
| Country | not specified |
| Language | English |
| Method | EFT / Tapping |
| Publication type | Review or meta-analysis |
| Verification | ✓ Confirmed against the primary source |
Uzzi, C. (2021). The effect of Covid-19 on the mental health of healthcare workers: A systematic review. Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research.
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