Integrative and Complementary Health Practices (PICS)

Universidade Federal do Triangulo Mineiro

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Epilepsy; Neoplasms

Treatments: Other: Laying on of hands by Spiritual "Passe"; Other: Laying on of hands without Spiritual connection; Other: Without laying on of hands subgroup

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04152109

Elida123

Details and patient eligibility

About

Complementary medicine, considered an unconventional approach, is performed in conjunction with conventional medicine. In Brazil, Integrative and Complementary Practices in Health have been inserted by the National Ordinance of Integrative and Complementary Practices. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of laying on of hands with spiritual connection by the Spiritist Passe about mental and physical health and quality of life of individuals.

Full description

Type of study: randomized controlled trial. The sample will consist of cancer and epileptic patients including individuals aged eigtheen years and over. Patients will be referred by health professionals and social workers from Lar da Charidade, Clinics Hospital and attachments, as well as from the general community and will be invited to participate in the study at the Center for Integrative and Complementary Practices of the Clinics Hospital.

Participants will answer the questionnaires before the start of the study, after eight sessions and fiveteen days or the end of the research according to the group. The participants will be submitted to blood collection, when necessary.

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Cancer patients: diagnosis of neoplasia receiving parenteral chemotherapy.
• Epileptic patients: clinical diagnosis of focal epilepsy

Exclusion criteria

• Cancer patients: pregnant women, unable to understand the questionnaires; non-attendance of 3 sessions of therapy application and refusal to sign the consent form.
• Epileptic patients: people unable to understand the questionnaires; non-attendance of 3 sessions of therapy application and refusal to sign the consent form, as well as special groups (pregnant women, newly diagnosed epilepsy).

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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60 participants in 3 patient groups

Without laying on of hands

Other group

Description:

The patients will remain in bed supine with blindfolds. A volunteer will move close to the patient with hands behind and mentally repeat the alphabet or do count math during 5 minutes, around 8 weeks.

Treatment:

Other: Without laying on of hands subgroup

Laying on of hands with healing intent and without Spiritual connection

Sham Comparator group

Description:

Participants included in this subgroup will be exposed to the laying on of hands with healing intent by volunteers. The patients will be blindfold in the supine bed during 5 minutes, 8 weeks.

Treatment:

Other: Laying on of hands without Spiritual connection

Laying on of hands with healing intent and Spiritual connection by Spiritual "Passe"

Experimental group

Description:

The participants will be subjected application of the laying on of hands by the passistas who will give the Spiritist "passe". Patients remain in the supine bed blindfolded for 5 minutes, around 8 weeks.

Treatment:

Other: Laying on of hands by Spiritual "Passe"