The Effect of Reiki on Cesarean During Hospitalization

Ondokuz Mayıs University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cesarean Section Complications

Treatments: Other: reiki

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06437769

2024/236

Details and patient eligibility

About

To determine the effect of reiki applied to women who have been hospitalized by cesarean during the hospitalization process on anxiety, depression, comfort and breastfeeding

Method: The study will be completed in a randomized controlled manner with a total of 70 women, 35 in the experimental group and 35 in the control group. Women in the experimental group Reiki therapy will be applied to the participants for 30 minutes while they lie down with their eyes closed. Research data will be collected with the Comfort Scale, Hospital anxiety and depression scale and bristol breastfeeding points and will be recorded

Full description

Design and Settings: This randomized controlled experimental study will conducted in the post operative room of the, Turkey between the dates of June 2024 and October 2024

Enrollment: 70 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 60 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• volunteering
• be over 18 years old
• Not having a diagnosed psychiatric disease
• no communication problems
• No drug sensitivity or allergy
• women who have had a cesarean section

Exclusion criteria

• Having a diagnosed psychiatric illness
• no communication problems
• Being under 18 years of age
• not volunteering to participate in the research
• drug sensitivity and allergy
• women who gave birth normally

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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70 participants in 2 patient groups

Reiki

Experimental group

Description:

. Reiki therapy will be applied to the participants for 30 minutes while they lie down with their eyes closed. A total of 4 sessions of Reiki application will be applied to the intervention group at the 4th hour, 8th hour, 24th hour and 28th hour after the cesarean section. Reiki application will be applied at the 4th hour after the cesarean section. Comfort, anxiety, depression and breastfeeding symptoms after the 4th session will be recorded.

Treatment:

Other: reiki

control group

No Intervention group

Description:

will provided with standard midwifery care.