EFT for Pain Management Group Snaith Pilot

  • Research type

    Research Study

  • Full title

    Pilot Study of self-administered percussive acupressure taught in a group setting for self-management of chronic pain.

  • IRAS ID

    134617

  • Contact name

    Susan E Foster

  • Contact email

    susiefoster@nhs.net

  • Sponsor organisation

    East Riding of Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group

  • Research summary

    The aim of the study to to determine whether teaching the use of Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT or ’tapping’) to people with chronic pain will reduce their pain levels and allow them to decrease their pain medications. EFT is a well established technique combining self applied acupressure tapping with talking therapy and many people use it for pain management but there is no published evidence for its effectiveness for chronic pain. The technique will be taught in six weekly sessions lasting two hours each.

  • REC name

    Yorkshire & The Humber - South Yorkshire Research Ethics Committee

  • REC reference

    14/YH/0055

  • Date of REC Opinion

    7 Mar 2014

  • REC opinion

    Favourable Opinion