Effect of the emotional freedom technique on perceived stress, quality of life, and cortisol salivary levels in tension-type headache sufferers: A randomized controlled trial

Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 91-99

  Bougea, Anastasia M ^a   Spandideas, Nick ^b   Alexopoulos, Evangelos C ^a   Thomaides, Thomas ^c   Chrousos, George P ^a,d   Darviri, Christina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^c RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

EFT; health promotion; Stress; stress management; TTH

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIDIMENSIONAL HEALTH LOCUS OF CONTROL SCALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PARALLEL DESIGN; PERCEIVED STRESS SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHORT FORM 36; STRESS; TENSION HEADACHE; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 84875297301     PISSN: 15508307     EISSN: 18787541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.explore.2012.12.005     Document Type: Article

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