Teaching Parents Reiki for Their Adolescents Receiving Palliative Care

NCT03896165 | Completed Results DMC

• 2 other identifiers: 2018X0079U2CNR014637
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 24
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 2

Brief Summary

The proposed study addresses National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) priorities of advancing symptom science to "develop \[and\] test … novel, scalable symptom management interventions, including complementary health approaches (CHAs), in real-world clinical settings to improve health outcomes and quality of life" and the science of compassion to improve palliative and end-of-life care through "developing, testing, and implementing personalized, culturally congruent, and evidence-based palliative and hospice interventions that best address the needs of underserved, disadvantaged, and diverse populations across the care continuum." A long-term bonus of teaching parents to deliver Reiki is that Reiki is highly scalable and once learned, costs nothing to use, an important potential overall cost savings over other CHAs.

Conditions

Palliative Care; Chronic Disease

Keywords

Complementary Health Approach; Parent; Adolescent

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Satisfaction of Parents Learning Reiki in the Home to Use With Their Adolescent Receiving Palliative Care.

  Satisfaction will be examined by computing the proportion of approached subjects who enroll in the study, the proportion of subjects who complete Reiki training, and the proportion of enrolled subjects who complete data collection.

  Four weeks

Secondary Outcomes (5)

• Rate of Change in Adolescents' and Parents' Stress Response (as Measured by Hair Sample).

  Week 0, week 9

• Rate of Change in Adolescents' and Parents' Stress Response (as Measured by Saliva Alpha Amylase).

  Week 1, week 2, week 3, week 4

• Change in Adolescents' and Parents' Symptom Profile as Measured by Patient Reported Outcome Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Symptom Questionnaire.

  Week 0, Week 4, Week 9

• Explore the Parents Confidence in Delivering Reiki Through Audio-recorded Interviews

  Week 9

• Explore Parents' Confidence Their Ability to Help Their Adolescent Through Audio-recorded Interviews

  Week 9

Study Arms (1)

Teaching Reiki

EXPERIMENTAL

Parent-adolescent pairs will be in the study for a total of nine weeks from enrollment to the follow up visit. During Week 1, the parent will receive Reiki training, a poster with suggested hand positions and a commercially-available book about Reiki in the home. During Week 2 the parent will receive a Reiki booster session with a repeat of the training and may ask questions in the home. At the end of Week 4, measures will be repeated either in person or by phone. During Week 8, measures will be repeated, another hair sample obtained and the parent will participate in a qualitative interview. The qualitative interview will be administered in person by trained Ohio State University College of Nursing study staff as part of the interview session. Interviews will be audio recorded using a hand-held audio recording device. Audio recording is voluntary and participants can choose to not have their interview recorded and still be a part of the study.

Other: Reiki

Interventions

Reiki OTHER

Reiki is a complementary health approach where trained providers place their hands lightly on or just above a person, in discrete positions, with the goal of facilitating the person's own healing response. A Reiki practitioner will perform the initial teaching and instruct the parent how to perform a simple 15-minute Reiki session. Parents will complete a return demonstration using light touch with their adolescent. Parents will be asked to complete a minimum of 15 minutes of Reiki with their adolescent at least five days per week for the four-week intervention period.

Teaching Reiki

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 10 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Participants will include adolescent-parent dyads. Dyads will be included if the
• Adolescent: (1) is 10 to 19 years old, (2) is receiving palliative care at home, (3) understands English
• Parent: (1) provides care for the adolescent most days of the week and (2) is able to read and write English at the 6th grade level.

You may not qualify if:

• if (1) either the adolescent or the parent are taking or have taken corticosteroids within the last 30 days (affects the hair cortisol levels), or (2) either the adolescent or the parent has less than one inch of hair.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Ohio State University: lead
• Akron Children's Hospital: collaborator
• National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR): collaborator

Study Sites (2)

Akron Children's Hospital

Akron, Ohio, 44308, United States

Location

The Ohio State University College of Nursing

Columbus, Ohio, 43210, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Chronic Disease

Interventions

Therapeutic Touch

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Disease Attributes; Pathologic Processes; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

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

Results Point of Contact

• Title: Assistant Professor
• Organization: Ohio State University College of Nursing

thrane.2@osu.edu

614-292-5684

Study Officials

• Susan E Thrane, PhD, RN

  Ohio State University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Publication Agreements

• PI is Sponsor Employee: Yes

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Model Details: Mixed methods quasi-experimental one group design

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 25, 2019
• First Posted: March 29, 2019
• Study Start: July 30, 2019
• Primary Completion: April 24, 2020
• Study Completion: April 24, 2020
• Last Updated: March 9, 2023
• Results First Posted: March 9, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-03

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (2)