Reiki in Symptom Management of Hemodialysis Patients

Osmaniye Korkut Ata University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Renal Dialysis

Treatments: Other: Reiki

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05833451

2022/02/12-E.54558

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to investigate the effect of Reiki applied to individuals receiving hemodialysis treatment on hemodialysis-related symptoms and hematological indicators.

Full description

The study has a pretest-posttest randomized controlled design and it was carried out between March and July 2022 with 64 patients over the age of 18 who received hemodialysis treatment for at least 15 days in the dialysis unit of state hospitals in two different cities. Data were collected using the Patient Information Form, the Dialysis Symptom Index (DSI), and the follow-up chart including erythrocyte (RBC), hemoglobin (HGB), hematocrit (HCT), serum urea, creatinine, sodium (Na), potassium (K), phosphorus (P), and calcium (Ca) values. While the distance Reiki intervention was applied to each of the patients in the Reiki group for 60 minutes, no intervention was made in the control group. One week after the intervention, the DSI was re-administered to the patients in the posttest, and hematology and biochemistry results were recorded.

Enrollment: 64 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• To be over 18 years of age,
• To have received hemodialysis treatment for at least 15 days,
• To volunteer to participate in the study,
• To be able to answer the given forms and questionnaires

Exclusion criteria

• To be a Reiki practitioner or trainer,
• To have attended any energy therapy session before,
• Using other complementary and integrative medicine practices at the time of the application.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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64 participants in 2 patient groups

Reiki

Experimental group

Description:

The participants in the Reiki group (n=32) were given Reiki remotely for 60 minutes by two certified practitioners who completed the second level Reiki training with a Master degree Reiki instructor according to the Usui method.

Treatment:

Other: Reiki

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

No intervention was made in the control group (n=32).