Brief Group Intervention Using EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) for Depression in College Students

• Sponsor: Soul Medicine Institute (Other)
• Overall Status: Completed
• CT.gov ID: NCT01117532
• Collaborator: (none)
• Enrollment: 70
• Location: 1
• Arms: 2
• Duration (Days): 30
• Patients Per Site Per Month: 71

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

Depression is an important mental health concern in college students. This study will recruit students who test positive for moderate to severe depression on the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). Subjects will be randomly assigned to either a treatment or a control condition. Those in the treatment group will receive four 90 minute group classes using EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) to address traumatic memories and other self-identified causes of depression. It will compare them to a no treatment control group.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Depression	Behavioral: EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques)	Early Phase 1

Study Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Anticipated Enrollment: 70 participants
• Allocation: Randomized
• Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)
• Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
• Official Title: Brief Group Intervention Using EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) for Depression in College Students: A Randomized Controlled Trial
• Study Start Date: Apr 1, 2010
• Actual Primary Completion Date: May 1, 2010
• Actual Study Completion Date: May 1, 2010

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: EFT Four 90 minute group EFT classes	Behavioral: EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques); Four 90 minute group therapy classes of this behavioral intervention
No Intervention: No Treatment

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

1. Student scores on the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) [One month]

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 16 Years to 25 Years
• Sexes Eligible for Study: All
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Inclusion Criteria:

• A score of 19 or more on the Beck Depression Inventory

• Currently enrolled at the University of Santo Tomas

• Able to read, understand, and complete forms

Exclusion Criteria:

• None

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	College of Science, University of Santo Tomas	Manila		Philippines	1015

Sponsors and Collaborators

• Soul Medicine Institute

Investigators

None specified.

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Additional Information:

• National Institute for Integrative Healthcare

Publications

None provided.

• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01117532
• Other Study ID Numbers: SMI-DEP-5410
• First Posted: May 5, 2010
• Last Update Posted: Apr 25, 2018
• Last Verified: Apr 1, 2018

• Keywords provided by , ,: students,; depression,; group therapy,; EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques),; energy psychology
• Additional relevant MeSH terms: Depression; Depressive Disorder

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Apr 25, 2018