The Effect of Reiki on the Anxiety Level of Mothers

NCT06487182 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 2022/292
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 120
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The aim of this study is to determine the effect of Reiki applied to mothers whose children were treated in the hospital on the anxiety level.

Conditions

Anxiety

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• anxiety

  The State Anxiety Scale assesses feelings of fear, tension, irritability, and anxiety that increase during stress in response to physical danger and psychological stress. The 20-question test allows individuals to answer within 10 minutes. It provides answers on a four-point Likert type scale. STAI, reliability ranging from 0.83 to 0.92 It has sufficient validity and reliability with its coefficients (Vitale 2006).

  immediately before reiki application and immediately after the reiki application]

Study Arms (3)

Reiki

EXPERIMENTAL

The intervention will be applied to the reiki group in the application hospital room. Reiki therapy will be applied by a practitioner with a Reiki application certificate in the application laboratory for 30 minutes while the participants lie down with their eyes closed. 4 sessions of reiki application will be applied to the intervention group for a week. Reiki application will start , the first anxiety scores will be recorded. Anxiety levels after 4 sessions will be recorded.

Other: reiki

Placebo reiki

SHAM COMPARATOR

Placebo Reiki will be applied to the participants in the group in the application hospital room. The practice will be carried out in the application room for 30 minutes, with the participants sitting with their eyes closed. Reiki life energy will not be transferred to participants in the placebo reiki group. Since the participants' eyes are closed, they will not know that there is a transfer. Placebo Reiki application will be performed in the room 4 times during a week. Placebo application will start and the anxiety scores will be recorded. After 4 sessions, anxiety scores will be recorded.

Other: placebo reiki

control

NO INTERVENTION

Routine hospital procedure will be applied. Anxiety scores will be recorded. After a week anxiety scores will be recorded.

Interventions

reiki OTHER

reiki

Also known as: control group, placebo reiki

Reiki

placebo reiki OTHER

placebo reiki

Also known as: control group

Placebo reiki

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 60 Years
• Sex: female
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• At least the 3rd day of hospitalization
• Their child has an acute or chronic disease
• Able to speak and write Turkish and have no communication problems
• No psychiatric history and not using medication
• Not drinking alcohol in the last 24 hours
• Those who have not received body-mind therapy (yoga, reiki, massage, meditation) in the last six months
• Mothers who volunteer to participate in the research will be included.

You may not qualify if:

• Reiki practitioner or who also has an instructor
• Having time and communication problems that cannot answer the questions asked
• Mothers who do not volunteer to participate in the study will not be included in the study.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Ondokuz Mayıs University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Ondokuz Mayis University

Samsun, 55200, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Anxiety Disorders

Interventions

Therapeutic Touch; Control Groups

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Mental Disorders

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Mind-Body Therapies; Complementary Therapies; Therapeutics; Spiritual Therapies; Epidemiologic Research Design; Epidemiologic Methods; Investigative Techniques; Research Design; Methods

Study Officials

• Sümeyye BAL, Ph.D.

  Ondokuz Mayıs University

  STUDY DIRECTOR

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: Director

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 27, 2024
• First Posted: July 5, 2024
• Study Start: June 30, 2024
• Primary Completion: November 10, 2024
• Study Completion: November 10, 2024
• Last Updated: January 22, 2025

Record last verified: 2024-10

Locations

TU (1)