Fatigue and Sleep Quality in Multiple Sclerosis Patients

Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Multiple Sclerosis

Treatments: Other: Reiki

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05456464

6812

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study was planned to examine the effect of reiki application on fatigue and sleep quality in patients with multiple sclerosis.

Full description

Fatigue and Sleep Quality in Multiple Sclerosis Patients: Does Reiki Application Affect?

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Being over 18 years old
• Volunteering to participate in the research
• Having the ability to use technological tools
• Not using Reiki and similar integrative treatment methods
• Not having a verbal communication disability (hearing and speaking)
• Not having a diagnosed psychiatric disorder
• Patients who have been treated for MS for more than three months
• Having a scale score of >5 on the Piper Fatigue Scale
• A score of >5 on the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Scale

Exclusion criteria

• None

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

Reiki

Experimental group

Description:

The researcher, a second-degree Reiki therapist, performed the Reiki therapy. Patients were told to lie comfortably on their backs after they were informed about the therapy. Each of the 7 Reiki hand positions was applied sequentially. Each of the hand positions took 2-3 minutes, requiring 30-40 minutes in total.

Treatment:

Other: Reiki

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

Routine maintenance will be applied