The Effect of Therapeutic Touch and Reiki Application on Anxiety and Stress Levels in Female Academicians
Determination of the Effect of Therapeutic Touch and Reiki Application on Anxiety and Stress Levels in Female Academicians
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Brief Summary
Stress and anxiety form an integral part of organizational life in universities. Studies reveal that the stress experienced by academicians has increased dramatically in recent years. Stress affects employee performance. In order to reduce the stress level of female academicians, methods such as non-pharmacological treatment, massage that can be applied to support scientific medicine, acupressure, hot and cold application, therapeutic touch should be used. The non-pharmacological methods that investigators will look at in our research are therapeutic touch and reiki. The improvement of the balance in the body and the reduction of negative effects such as pain, stress and anxiety with non-pharmacological touch methods are explained by Gate Control and Endorphin theories. The universe of the research will be female academicians working at Osmaniye Korkut Ata University. participants will be determined by the block randomization method. Data; It will be collected using the Introductory Information Form, Depression, Anxiety and Stress Level Assessment Form. TT and Reiki application will have positive contributions as it is a non-pharmacological method, easy to apply and low cost. When the studies were examined, no other study was found in the same application as our study. Therefore, in this study, it was aimed to evaluate the effect of therapeutic touch and reiki practice on anxiety and stress levels in female academicians.
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Target at below P25 for not_applicable
Started May 2023
Shorter than P25 for not_applicable
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
January 10, 2023
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
April 5, 2023
CompletedStudy Start
First participant enrolled
May 15, 2023
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
June 15, 2023
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
July 20, 2023
CompletedApril 5, 2023
April 1, 2023
1 month
January 10, 2023
April 4, 2023
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Depression Anxiety Stress Scale
The Dass-21 scale consists of 21 items that examine depression, anxiety and stress under three headings. This scale is a 4-point Likert-type scale and consists of 7 questions each measuring "depression, stress and anxiety dimensions". Subjects are asked to mark four different score types (0, 1, 2, and 3) opposite to each sentence according to the severity and frequency of their feelings, how they have felt in the last few weeks. If the given sentence does not fit the person at all, it is required to mark 0, if it is a satellite to some extent, 1 if it is a satellite to some extent, 2 if it is a satellite to a significant degree, and 3 if it is exactly a satellite. Then, the scores for each scale are summed and depression, anxiety and stress scores are found. Getting 5 points or more from depression sub-dimension, 4 points or more from anxiety, 8 points or more from stress indicates that the individual has a related problem.
4 week
Study Arms (2)
control group
NO INTERVENTIONno intervention
intervention
EXPERIMENTALReiki touch and terapotic touch will be done
Interventions
Therapeutic touch will be done. It will be applied twice a week for two weeks, each application for 20 minutes.
It will be applied twice a week for two weeks, each application for 20 minutes.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Academicians who do not have any communication problems
- Do not have psychological problems
You may not qualify if:
- Those who do not want to participate in the research
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
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MeSH Terms
Conditions
Interventions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- SINGLE
- Who Masked
- PARTICIPANT
- Purpose
- SUPPORTIVE CARE
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- Assistant Professor
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
January 10, 2023
First Posted
April 5, 2023
Study Start
May 15, 2023
Primary Completion
June 15, 2023
Study Completion
July 20, 2023
Last Updated
April 5, 2023
Record last verified: 2023-04