The Effectiveness of Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) on The Childbirth Anxiety in Primigravida in The Third Trimester of Pregnancy

<p><em>Pregnant primigravida women generally experience fear, anxiety, and worry during pregnancy and while facing childbirth and the postpartum period.</em><em> Anxiety has been identified as a contributing factor in prolonged labour and fetal death</em><em>.</em><em> </em><em>Stress and anxiety management strategies can be implemented using psychotherapy methods such as emotional freedom techniques</em><em> </em><em>which is </em><em>fundamental principle of EFT is to activate and cessation wave through the stimulation of meridian spot to brain, usually tapping</em>. <em>This </em><em>study</em><em> </em><em>employs</em><em> a quasi-experimental </em><em>methodology. The research method employed is a single-group pretest-posttest design, which lacks a standard group</em><em>. This design </em><em>demands</em><em> measuring anxiety levels with a pretest conducted before the Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) intervention and a posttest conducted afterward. The population </em><em>under investigation comprises all pregnant primigravida</em><em> in Tapanuli Tengah Regency </em><em>between April and August 2024</em><em>.</em><em> </em><em>A purposive sampling technique was employed to obtain third-trimester primigravida without complications as respondents. A total of 30 respondents met the inclusion criteria</em><em>.</em><em> </em><em>The research objectiove is to ascertain the levels of anxiety</em><em> before and after the application of Emotional Freedom Techniques on pregnant primigravida women and to understand </em><em>how the following works</em><em> of EFT on their anxiety during childbirth. </em><em>SPSS 25 is a helping tool to analyse the effect using a paired t-test</em><em>. The results indicate that there is an effect of Emotional Freedom Techniques in </em><em>lowering</em><em> a</em><em>n uneasiness</em><em> in pregnant primigravida women in their third t</em><em>erm</em><em> during childbirth, with a mean of 20.067 and a p-value of 0.000 < (α = 0.05). Based on the research, it can be concluded </em><em>that</em><em> Emotional Freedom Techniques </em><em> has an effect </em><em>in </em><em>lowering an uneasiness</em><em> in pregnant primigravida women in their third t</em><em>erm </em><em>during childbirth</em><em>.</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><strong><em>Keywords: Anxiety, Emotional Freedom Technique, Primigravida Pregnant Woman</em></strong></p>