The Effect of Reiki Application on Pain, Fatigue and Sleep Quality in Elderly Persons Staying in Nursing Homes

NCT05716373 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: E-97132852-050.01.04-162832
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 60
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

A person's life is a stage that passes in the time interval that ends with his birth when he opens his eyes to the world and his death when he closes his eyes to the world. Old age is a forced end for all people. Sleep is one of the most important and basic human needs. It prepares the individual for a new day by resting the body, strengthening and regulating the cerebral functions and repairing the brain. While a change in sleep pattern and quality affects a person's daily life activities, long-term persistence of this change may lead to deterioration of body and mental health.During Reiki practices, the hands are held in each position for 3-5 minutes by touching the head, neck, chest, abdominal cavity and groin. In problem areas, this time can be extended to 10-20 minutes. The duration of treatment lasts an average of 30-90 minutes. During the application, the person is in a lying or lying position and does not need to take off his clothes.

Conditions

Pain; Tiredness; Sleep Quality

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PUKI);

  The scale is a safe and consistent questionnaire that evaluates the amount of sleep, sleep quality, presence and severity of sleep disorders in individuals in the last month.There are seven components in PUKI. These components are subjective sleep quality (component 1), sleep latency (component 2), sleep duration (component 3), habitual sleep efficiency (component 4), sleep disturbance (component 5), sleep medication use (component 6) and daytime dysfunction. (component 7). The evaluation score of each item is between 0-3. The total score obtained varies between 0-21. The higher the score, the worse the sleep quality. A score greater than five indicates poor sleep quality.

  1 hours later

• Piper Fatigue Scale

  The scale evaluates the individual's subjective perception of fatigue in four sub-dimensions. These; behavior/violence sub-dimension evaluating the effect and severity of fatigue on activities of daily living (ADLs (6 items; 2-7); affect sub-dimension, which includes the emotional meaning attributed to fatigue (5 items; 8-12); it is the sensory sub-dimension (5 items; 13-17) that reflects the mental, physical and emotional symptoms of fatigue, and the cognitive/spiritual sub-dimension that reflects the effect of fatigue on cognitive functions and mental state (6 items; 18-23). As a result of the average score; 0 points are interpreted as no fatigue, 1-3 points as mild fatigue, 4-6 points as moderate fatigue, 7-10 points as severe fatigue. High scores obtained from the scale mean that the perceived fatigue level is high.

  1 hours later

• Visual Analog Scale (VAS) Evaluation

  The Visual Analog Scale (VAS) is used to convert some values that cannot be measured numerically. Two end definitions of the parameter to be evaluated are written at the two ends of a 100 mm line, and the patient is asked to indicate where on this line their situation is appropriate by drawing a line or by placing a dot or pointing. For example, for pain, I have no pain at one end and very severe pain at the other end and the patient marks his/her current state on this line. The length of the distance from the point where there is no pain to the point marked by the patient indicates the patient's pain.

  1 hours later

Study Arms (2)

Experimental:

EXPERIMENTAL

reiki will be aplicated

Behavioral: pain

control

NO INTERVENTION

Routine maintenance will be applied.

Interventions

pain BEHAVIORAL

reiki

Also known as: tiredness, sleep quality

Experimental:

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 50 Years - 90 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Being a nursing home resident and being 50 years or older,
• Not having a communication problem,
• Not having been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, schizophrenia or other mental illness,
• Not taking antidepressant treatment,
• Having chronic pain (arthralgia, back pain, musculoskeletal pain - at least once a day),
• Not using a pain reliever all the time,
• Willingness to participate in a four-week reiki program,
• Not having received body-mind therapy (yoga, reiki, massage, meditation) in the last six months.
• Having a scale score of \>5 on the Piper Fatigue Scale
• A score of \>5 on the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Scale
• A scale score of \>5 on the Visual Analog Scale

You may not qualify if:

• Needing antidepressant treatment,
• Not getting bored with work and not wanting to answer questions.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Ataturk University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Gülcan B Turan

Elâzığ, Merkez, 23000, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Pain; Fatigue; Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Neurologic Manifestations; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Sleep Disorders, Intrinsic; Dyssomnias; Sleep Wake Disorders; Nervous System Diseases; Mental Disorders

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Masking Details: Single (Participant) pain,tiredness,sleep quality
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: SEQUENTIAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Model Details: reiki

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 28, 2023
• First Posted: February 8, 2023
• Study Start: December 1, 2022
• Primary Completion: January 6, 2023
• Study Completion: April 30, 2023
• Last Updated: April 21, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-04

Locations

TU (1)