Effect of Reiki Application on Menopausal Symptoms

Mersin University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Menopausal Symptom

Treatments: Other: Distant reiki

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05342610

MersinUnivers

Details and patient eligibility

About

In this randomized controlled study, it was aimed to determine the effect of distant reiki on menopausal symptoms. Two different hypothesis teams have been established for the study.

These; H0: There is no significant difference between the menopause rating scores of the women in the study group in which distant reiki was applied and the control group without distant reiki.

H1: There is a significant difference between the menopause rating scores of the women in the study group in which distant reiki was applied and the control group without distant reiki.

Full description

Parallel to the increase in life expectancy by years, the population of women living in the post-menopausal period is also increasing. In order to have a healthy menopause, which is an important part of women's life, it is thought that the distant reiki without health risks by women may be effective in reducing the symptoms of menopause experienced by women. In line with this information, it was aimed to determine the effect of distant reiki on menopausal symptoms. The study was carried out with menopausal women between the ages of 40-55 in Adana province in Turkey. Therefore, in the study, 48 women in the menopausal period between the ages of 40-55 was randomly assigned to reiki and control groups. Distant reiki application for 30 minutes three times a week for four weeks was applied individually to the study group. No intervention was made to the control group for a period of four weeks. The primary expected outcome of the research is the effect of distant reiki on menopausal symptoms of menopausal women. Results was applied three times in total, before the study and control application, 4 weeks and 8 weeks later.

Enrollment: 48 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 40 to 55 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Willing to participate in research,
• Can read and write in Turkish,
• Open to communication,
• Those who are between the ages of 40-55 and do not experience menstruation for at least one year,
• Experiencing at least one or more of the menopausal symptoms,
• Not applying regular reiki,
• Those who have not surgically entered menopause,
• Women without psychiatric problems

Exclusion criteria

• Who do not agree to participate in the research,
• Can't read and write Turkish,
• Communication is not possible,
• Those who are younger than 40, older than 55, have experienced menstruation for at least one year,
• Do not experience the symptoms of menopause,
• Using medication for the treatment of menopausal symptoms,
• Chronic illness,
• Regular reiki is applied,
• Surgically in menopause,
• Women with psychiatric problems

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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48 participants in 2 patient groups

Experimental (distant reiki) group

Experimental group

Description:

Reiki (complementary and integrative medicine method) was applied individually to the experimental group for 30 minutes three times a week for four weeks. Data collection forms was applied 3 times in total, before the intervention, in the fourth and the eighth week.

Treatment:

Other: Distant reiki

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

No intervention was made to women in the control group. However, data collection forms was applied 3 times in total, before the intervention, in the fourth and the eighth week.