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Emotional Freedom Technique (Eft) Effects on Psychoimmunological Factors of Chemically Pulmonary Injured Veterans Pubmed



Babamahmoodi A1 ; Arefnasab Z2 ; Noorbala AA3 ; Ghanei M4 ; Babamahmoodie F5 ; Alipour A6 ; Alimohammadian MH7 ; Rad FR7 ; Khaze V7 ; Darabi H7
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  1. 1. Health Management Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  2. 2. Alliant International University, California School of Professional Psychology, California, CA, United States
  3. 3. Department of Psychiatry, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  4. 4. Pulmonary Diseases, Chemical Injuries Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  5. 5. Infectious Diseases, Anti-Microbial Drug Resistance Research Center, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
  6. 6. Department of Psychology, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran
  7. 7. Department of Immunology, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran

Source: Iranian Journal of Allergy# Asthma and Immunology Published:2015


Abstract

Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) as a new therapeutic technique in energy psychology has positive effects on psychological and physiological symptoms, and quality of life. In this research we studied the effect of this treatment on immunological factors. This study tested whether 8-week group sessions of EFT (compared to a wait-list control group) with emphasis on patient's respiratory, psychological and immunological problems in chemically pulmonary injured veterans (N=28) can affect on immunological and psychological factors. Mixed effect linear models indicated that EFT improved mental health (F=79.24, p=0) and health-related quality of life (F=13.89, p=0.001), decreased somatic symptoms (F=5.81, p=0.02), anxiety/insomnia (F=24.03, p<0.001), social dysfunction (F=21.59, p<0.001), frequency and severity of respiratory symptoms (F=20.38, p<0.001), and increased lymphocyte proliferation with nonspecific mitogens Concanavalin A (Con A) (F=14.32, p=0.001) and Phytohemagglutinin (PHA) (F=12.35, p=0.002), and peripheral blood IL-17 (F=9.11, p=0.006). This study provides an initial indication that EFT may be a new therapeutic approach for improving psychological and immunological factors. Copyright © Winter 2015.
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