Study of Spirit Pass in Newborn and Patient

NCT02489136 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: EMC123
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 60
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Stress is a multiple variable and an inevitable aspect of life. Any change that affects the life of a person is a stressful agent, being possible to widely vary its nature and may be formed by several components, since psychosocial and behavioral factors, such as frustration, anxiety and overload. The goal is to assess the effects of laying on of hands on newborns and patients without direct physical contact. Newborns are allocated in two three groups: G1 - group submitted to imposition of hands by workers, for a period of 10 minutes; G2 group submitted to laying on of hands for 10 minutes; and adults are allocated three groups: G1 - group submitted to imposition of hands by workers, for a period of 10 minutes; G2 group submitted to laying on of hands for 10 minutes; in G3: group without intervention, for a period of 10 minutes.

Conditions

Pain; Stress

Keywords

spiritist passe; laying of hands; newborn; adult; conditions

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Salivary cortisol

  Collection of salivary cortisol will be carried out using wads of cotton. On newborns it will be introduced in the mouth of the baby and left there for at around three minutes and after that, it will be put inside a kit salivette. Cortisol dosage will be by dependent sample.

  up to third days

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Anxiety and depression in adults.

  First and third days before and after the interventions

Other Outcomes (6)

• Pain

  First and third days before and after the interventions

• Physiological parameters

  First and third days before and after the interventions

• Pain

  First and third days before and after the interventions

Study Arms (3)

Spirit Pass

OTHER

It is a transfusion of psychic energies. Laying of hands to be in front of the incubator or on bed, at a distance at around 10 to 15 cm, during 10 minutes. Evaluate the effects of spirit passe in newborn and adults before and after ten minutes for 3 days.

Other: laying of hands (Spiritist "passe")

laying of hands by workes

PLACEBO COMPARATOR

Laying of hand by workers and volunteers, not belonging to Spiritism.Laying of hands to be in front of the incubator or on bed, at a distance at around 10 to 15 cm, during 10 minutes. Evaluate the effects of spirit passe in newborn and adults before and after ten minutes for 3 days.

Other: laying of hands (Spiritist "passe")

No intervention

NO INTERVENTION

No intervention during, in adults before and after ten minutes for 3 days.

Interventions

laying of hands (Spiritist "passe") OTHER

In a distance of 10 cm and to apply the spiritist passe for 10 minutes.

Also known as: laying of hands

Spirit Pass; laying of hands by workes

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 1 Hour+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• It will be included in the study newborns (NB) hospitalized in the nursery and patients aged 18 or over, male and female, conscious and oriented, presenting Glasgow coma scale of 15, hospitalized at the Clinical Hospital of UFTM, who will not be discharged from it for at around the 3 following days.

You may not qualify if:

• Individuals who will be excluded from the study:
• Responsible for the NB or patient who refuses to give the consent, after have been informed;
• Presence of metabolic diseases, which change the salivary cortisol secretion, verified in their register;
• NB and adults in mechanical ventilation.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Universidade Federal do Triangulo Mineiro: lead

Study Sites (1)

Hospital de Clínicas da UFTM

Uberaba, Minas Gerais, 38015170, Brazil

Location

Related Publications (7)

• CASTRO M.; MOREIRA A.C. Análise Crítica do Cortisol Salivar na Avaliação do eixo Hipotálamo-Hipófise-Adrenal. Arquivo Brasileiro de Endocrinologia & Metabologia, v. 47, p. 358-367, 2003.

  BACKGROUND

• Gomes VM, Silva MJ, Araujo EA. [Gradual effects of therapeutic touch in reducing anxiety in university students]. Rev Bras Enferm. 2008 Nov-Dec;61(6):841-6. doi: 10.1590/s0034-71672008000600008. Portuguese.

  PMID: 19142390 BACKGROUND

• Selye H. Stress and distress. Compr Ther. 1975 Dec;1(8):9-13.

  PMID: 1222562 BACKGROUND

• HOUAISS A.V.; SALLES M. Dicionário Houaiss da Língua. Rio de Janeiro: Editora Objetiva, 2009.

  BACKGROUND

• LUCCHETTI G. Efeitos do passe espírita no crescimento de culturas de bactérias. Complementary Therapies in Medicine2013;21:627-632.

  BACKGROUND

• XAVIER F.C. O Consolador. Pelo Espírito Emmanuel. 28. ed. Rio de Janeiro: FEB, 2008.

  BACKGROUND

• SILVA T.P.; SILVA L.J. Escalas de avaliação da dor utilizadas no recém-nascido. Revisão sistemática. Acta Médica Portuguesa, v. 23, n. 3, p. 437-454, 2010.

  BACKGROUND

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Pain; Disease

Interventions

Therapeutic Touch

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Neurologic Manifestations; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Pathologic Processes

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Mind-Body Therapies; Complementary Therapies; Therapeutics; Spiritual Therapies

Study Officials

• Élida M Carneiro, Mrs.

  Religious and Spiritual Assistance Committee

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Elida Mara Carneiro da Silva

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 30, 2015
• First Posted: July 2, 2015
• Study Start: July 1, 2014
• Primary Completion: May 1, 2015
• Study Completion: June 1, 2015
• Last Updated: September 18, 2017

Record last verified: 2015-06

Locations

BR (1)