Tapping away stress: new study tests EFT on nursing students
NCT ID NCT07331376
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT), a tapping-based therapy, can lower stress, anxiety, and improve sleep in nursing students. 105 students will be randomly assigned to either EFT or a placebo. The main goal is to see if stress levels drop after 8 weeks. If successful, EFT could become a simple tool to support mental health in demanding academic programs.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Emotional Freedom Techniques (a behavioral intervention involving tapping on acupressure points while focusing on a problem)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a simple, drug-free way for nursing students to manage stress and sleep better.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study with no blinding, so results may be due to placebo. It only looks at short-term effects in a specific group.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 105 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Dec 2025
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 24 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Currently enrolled in the Nursing Department at Muş Alparslan University, * Be 18 years of age or older, * Agree to participate in the study voluntarily, * Have no psychiatric diagnosis or regular use of psychotropic medication. Exclusion Criteria: Students who do not regularly participate in the application process, * Students who do not complete the data collection forms in full, * Students who report physical or psychological discomfort during the EFT application process.
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